Research Article
Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes and Factors Associated with Each of Them in a Cohort Followed Up between 2010 and 2014
Table 1
Sociodemographic and economic characteristics by outcome of patients with tuberculosis treated at INI from 2012 to 2014.
| | Variables | Cure | Treatment failure | Default | Dead | Total |
| | Total | 222 (80) | 14 (5) | 40 (14) | 3 (1) | 279 | | Age | | | | | | | Median (IQR) | 38.0 (28.0–50.0) | 48.0 (42.0–62.0) | 32.0 (25.8–45.0) | 30.0 (25.5–33.0) | 38.0 (28.0–49.8) | | Sex | | | | | | | Female | 108 (88) | 7 (5) | 7 (5) | 1 (0) | 123 (100) | | Male | 114 (73) | 7 (5) | 33 (21) | 2 (1) | 156 (100) | | Race | | | | | | | White | 131 (86) | 7 (4) | 13 (8) | 1 (0) | 152 (100) | | No white | 91 (71) | 7 (5) | 27 (21) | 2 (2) | 127 (100) | | Schooling | | | | | | | Primary school | 82 (72) | 6 (5) | 25 (22) | 1 (1) | 114 (100) | | Secondary school | 98 (84) | 5 (4) | 13 (11) | 1 (1) | 117 (100) | | University | 39 (91) | 3 (7) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 43 (100) | | Marital status | | | | | | | Single | 105 (77) | 8 (42) | 24 (17) | 2 (1) | 136 (100) | | Married | 108 (81) | 11 (57) | 15 (11) | 1 (0) | 133 (100) | | Widow | 5 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (1) | 10 (100) | | Income | | | | | | | 0–2 | 150 (76) | 12 (6) | 32 (16) | 3 (2) | 197 (100) | | 3–5 | 35 (82) | 1 (2) | 7 (16) | 0 (0) | 43 (100) | | >5 | 20 (95) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 21 (100) | | Ignored | 17 (95) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 18 (100) | | Number of rooms | | | | | | | Median (IQR) | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | 4.0 (3.0–4.8) | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | 3.0 (3.0–3.5) | 4.0 (3.0–5.0) | | Number of residents | | | | | | | Median (IQR) | 2.5 (1.0–3.0) | 1.0 (0.2–3.0) | 3.0 (2.0–4.0) | 3.0 (2.0–4.0) | 3.0 (1.0–4.0) | | Homeless | | | | | | | No | 218 (81) | 14 (5) | 34 (13) | 3 (1) | 269 (100) | | Yes | 3 (33) | 0 (0) | 6 (67) | 0 (0) | 9 (100) | | Smoker | | | | | | | No | 183 (84) | 8 (4) | 24 (11) | 2 (1) | 217 (100) | | Yes | 38 (62) | 6 (10) | 16 (26) | 1 (2) | 61 (100) | | Smoker in the past | | | | | | | No | 141 (85) | 6 (4) | 19 (11) | 0 (0) | 166 (100) | | Yes | 80 (71) | 8 (7) | 21 (19) | 3 (3) | 112 (100) | | Alcohol use | | | | | | | No | 178 (82) | 12 (6) | 24 (11) | 2 (1) | 216 (100) | | Yes | 42 (69) | 2 (3) | 16 (26) | 1 (2) | 61 (100) | | Sexual behavior | | | | | | | Heterosexual | 203 (81) | 12 (5) | 34 (13) | 2 (1) | 251 (100) | | Homosexual/bisexual | 19 (70) | 2 (7) | 5 (19) | 1 (4) | 27 (100) | | Drug use | | | | | | | No | 195 (85) | 13 (6) | 21 (9) | 0 (0) | 229 (100) | | Yes, noninjecting | 27 (54) | 1 (2) | 19 (38) | 3 (6) | 50 (100) |
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Interquartile range; values expressed in Brazilian minimum wage.
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