Research Article
Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors in Tuberculosis Patients at Atwima Nwabiagya District, Ashanti Region, Ghana: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study
Table 3
Background characteristics of TB patients.
| Variable | Frequency () | Percentage (%) |
| Gender | | | Female | 599 | 67.23 | Male | 292 | 32.77 | Age (years) | | | ≤20 | 48 | 5.39 | 21-30 | 150 | 16.84 | 31-40 | 217 | 24.35 | 41-50 | 214 | 24.02 | 51-60 | 117 | 13.13 | >60 | 145 | 16.27 | Mean (SD) | 43.63 (±16.24) | | Pretreatment weight (kg) | | | ≤35 | 48 | 5.39 | 36-45 | 260 | 29.18 | 46-55 | 366 | 41.08 | 56-65 | 164 | 18.41 | >66 | 53 | 5.95 | Mean (SD) | 49.64 (9.42) | | HIV status | | | Negative | 809 | 90.80 | Positive | 82 | 9.20 | Disease classification | | | Smear positive PTB | 85 | 9.54 | Smear negative PTB | 270 | 30.30 | Extra-PTB | 535 | 60.04 | MDR-TB | 1 | 0.11 | Patient category | | | New | 793 | 89.00 | Relapse | 53 | 5.95 | Transfer in | 8 | 0.90 | Failure | 18 | 2.02 | Retreatment | 19 | 2.13 | Treatment support | | | No | 89 | 9.99 | Yes | 802 | 90.01 | Adverse drug reaction | | | No | 887 | 99.55 | Yes | 4 | 0.45 |
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