Undernutrition and Mortality among Adult Tuberculosis Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 4
Sociodemographic characteristic and change in body mass index (BMI) of tuberculosis patients 2 months after starting treatment.
Variable
No change in BMI, N (%)
Decrease in BMI, N (%)
Increase in BMI, N (%)
value
All patients
35 (12.3)
65 (22.9)
183 (64.6)
Age group
18–24
11 (17.2
7 (10.9)
46 (71.9)
0.002
25–34
8 (37.6)
23 (21.9)
74 (70.4)
35–44
11 (25.5)
14 (32.5)
18 (41.8)
45–60
4 (10.0)
13 (32.5)
23 (57.5)
>60
1 (3.22)
8 (25.8)
22 (70.9)
Sex
Male
21 (13.2)
37 (23.1)
102 (63.7)
0.394
Female
14 (12.3)
33 (29.2)
76 (67.2)
Treatment history
New
31 (12.1)
62 (24.2)
163 (63.6)
0.304
Relapse
4 (14.8)
3 (11.1)
20 (74.0)
Linked by
PHF
31 (13.4)
53 (22.9)
147 (63.6)
0.625
PPM
4 (10.2)
8 (20.5)
27 (69.2)
HEW
0 (0)
4 (30.7)
9 (69.2)
TB type
PPOS
13 (9.3)
31 (22.3)
95 (68.3)
0.126
PTB-
7 (11.8)
19 (32.2)
33 (55.9)
EP
15 (17.6)
15 (17.6)
55 (64.7)
Weight group
<50
16 (11.7)
27 (19.8)
93 (68.3)
0.321
50–60
11 (12.3)
19 (21.3)
59 (66.2)
>60
8 (13.7)
19 (32.7)
31 (53.4)
Height group
<1.60
13 (11.6)
23 (20.5)
66 (58.9)
0.902
1.60–1.75
16 (11.0)
35 (24.1)
94 (64.8)
>1.75
6 (4.1)
7 (4.8)
23 (15.8)
HIV result
Positive
5 (9.8)
15 (29.41)
31 (60.7)
0.713
Negative
30 (12.9)
50 (21.5)
152 (65.8)
Household member
<3
28 (14.0)
45 (22.6)
127 (63.3)
0.407
>3
7 (8.3)
20 (23.8)
57 (67.85)
BMI group
<16.0
5 (9.2)
6 (11.1)
43 (79.6)
0.001
16.0–18.5
11 (14.1)
10 (12.8)
57 (73.0)
18.51–24.9
18 (14.2)
37 (29.3)
71 (56.3)
>24.9
1 (4.0)
12 (48.0)
12 (48.0)
PHF, linked directly to the public health facility by themselves; PPM, linked to a TB clinic through public private members (NGOS and private clinics); HEW, linked to a TB clinic through a health extension worker; PPOS, bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis patient; PNEG, pulmonary tuberculosis patient with only chest radiography finding; EP, extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients; BMI, body mass index.
