Understanding the Profile of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection: Insights from Expanded HIV Surveillance at a Tuberculosis Facility in Durban, South Africa

Table 2

Correlation between the change in the male-to-female sex ratio in all PTB and HIV associated PTB and ratio of sex-specific HIV prevalence across age groups.

Age; group	Total M : F	HIV + M : F	ΔM : F	Male : female
	(all PTB)	(HIV + PTB)	(change in ratio)	HIV prevalence
<20	0.8	0.4	−0.4	0.5
20–29	1.0	0.9	−0.1	0.9
30–39	2.5	2.6	0.1	1.0
40–49	2.7	2.4	−0.3	0.9
≥50	5.3	7.5	2.2	1.4

Pearson’s correlation, one-tailed, 𝑟=0.87, df = 3, and 𝑃<0.05.