Volume 9, Number 12—December 2003
Research
Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Persons, Peru
Pablo E. Campos*†, Pedro G. Suarez‡§, Jorge Sanchez†, David Zavala‡, Jorge Arevalo‡, Eduardo Ticona‡, Charles M. Nolan*¶, Thomas M. Hooton*, and King K. Holmes*
Table 1
Demographic characteristics, past medical history, and potential exposures to tuberculosis (TB) of participants with and without known HIV infectiona
| Variable | HIV-infected (n = 81) |
Negative or unknown HIV status (n = 108) |
p value or OR (9 5% CI)b |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD, or % | Mean ± SD, or % | ||
| Age |
31.6 ± 7.0 |
29.3 ± 11.9 |
0.13 |
| Male |
80 |
57 |
3.0 (1.6 to 5.9) |
| Marital status |
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| Single |
59 |
52 |
0.42 |
| Married |
9 |
20 |
0.05 |
| Divorced/widowed |
11 |
28 |
<0.01 |
| Cohabitant |
21 |
0 |
<0.01 |
| Y of education |
9.6 ± 2.8 |
10.3 ± 2.1 |
0.08 |
| No. residents/no. bedrooms |
3.0 ± 2.0 |
2.8 ± 1.4 |
0.48 |
| Family income |
603 ± 333 |
845 ± 404 |
<0.01 |
| Family owns home |
75 |
88 |
0.4 (0.2 to 0.9) |
| Employedd |
63 |
28 |
4.4 (2.4 to 8.2) |
| Exposure to TB at workd |
17 |
3 |
7.3 (2.0 to 26.4) |
| Exposure to TB at homed |
16 |
1 |
20 (2.6 to 160) |
| Previously treated TBd |
27 |
9 |
3.6 (1.6 to 8.3) |
| Ambulatory care at health centersc |
21 |
5 |
5.5 (1.9 to 16) |
| Ambulatory care at hospitalsc |
40 |
1 |
70 (9.3 to 526) |
| Inpatient carec |
14 |
0 |
<0.001 |
| Inpatient MoH hospitalsc |
11 |
0 |
<0.001 |
| Any exposure to hospitalc |
44 |
1 |
86 (11.4 to 644) |
| TB prophylaxise | 22 | 0 | <0.001 |
aOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; MoH, Ministry of Health.
bp values proved when comparing means or when one column had a value of 0.
cVariables reported by patients to have occurred during the 12 months before onset of symptoms.
dExposure to someone with TB at work or at home during the 12 months before onset of symptoms.
eEver in the past.
