| Variables |
Time at risk (years) |
Tuberculosis ( n) |
Crude incidence rate per 100 py |
Adjusted hazard ratio* (95% CI) |
P |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤40 |
6050.14 |
136 |
1.9 |
|
|
| >40 |
2858.89 |
99 |
4.2 |
- |
- |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
3676.3 |
77 |
1.9 |
|
|
| Male |
5032.7 |
158 |
3.1 |
- |
- |
| HIV diagnosis period |
|
|
|
|
|
| 2005-2009 |
481.6 |
21 |
4.4 |
|
|
| 2001-2004 |
1790.8 |
25 |
1.4 |
- |
- |
| 1997-2000 |
3077.8 |
74 |
2.4 |
0.46(0.20-1.05) |
0.065 |
| 1988-1996 |
3558.8 |
115 |
3.2 |
0.80(0.37-1.73) |
0.57 |
| CD4 cell count |
|
|
|
|
|
| > 500 |
2323.9 |
19 |
0.8 |
1 |
|
| 200-500 |
2887.4 |
64 |
2.2 |
0.80(0.48-1.34) |
0.40 |
| <200 |
2122.8 |
109 |
5.1 |
0.50(0.30-0.84) |
0.009 |
| CDC categories |
|
|
|
|
|
| A |
5113.7 |
47 |
0.9 |
1 |
|
| B |
1754.8 |
29 |
1.7 |
4.50(1.50-13.60) |
0.007 |
| C |
2040.6 |
159 |
7.8 |
138.30(62.80-304.90) |
0.000 |
| ARTherapy |
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
4399.40 |
132 |
3.1 |
1 |
|
| Yes |
4509.04 |
103 |
2.4 |
0.45(0.34-0.62) |
0.000 |
|
*Obtained using a Cox proportional hazard model including all the above variables and tuberculosis as the failure event.
CI: confidence interval; py: person-years. |
| Table 1: Predictive factors of tuberculosis among patients with HIV infection in Guadeloupe: 1988-2009. |
