Predictors for Mortality among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tanzania

Table 4

Hematological and clinical biochemistry predictors of MDRTB mortality.

Baseline lab predictors	Died	Alive	values
Hemoglobin (n = 151)
Mean ± SD	10 ± 0.8	11.4 ± 0.2	0.135
Alanine aminotransferase (n = 131)
Mean ± SD	22.5 ± 3.2	20 ± 1.7	0.71
Aspartate aminotransferase (n = 128)
Mean ± SD	33.88 ± 7.1	29.8 ± 1.4	0.486
CD4 count (n = 70)
Mean ± SD	77 ± 30	316 ± 33	0.048

SD: standard deviation; -test was done for continuous variables.