Gender difference in mortality among pulmonary tuberculosis HIV co-infected adults aged 15-49 years in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Kenya, 2012-2015.

Objective

To explore whether there is a gender difference in all-cause mortality among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)/ HIV co-infected patients treated for tuberculosis (TB) between 2012 and 2015 in Kenya.

Design

Retrospective cohort of 9,026 smear-positive patients aged 15-49 years. All-cause mortality during TB treatment was the outcome of interest. Time to start of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation was considered as a proxy for CD4 cell count. Those who took long to start of ART were assumed to have high CD4 cell count.

Results

Of the 9,026 observations analysed, 4,567(51%) and 4,459(49%) were women and men, respectively. Overall, out of the 9,026 patients, 8,154 (90%) had their treatment outcome as cured, the mea

SUBMITTER: Kosgei RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735576 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature