Volume 12, Number 5—May 2006
THEME ISSUE
Tuberculosis Special Section
Dispatch
Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine
Marieke J. van der Werf*
, Olga B. Yegorova†, Nelly Chentsova‡, Yuriy Chechulin§, Epco Hasker*§, Vasyl I. Petrenko¶, Jaap Veen*, and Leonid V. Turchenko†
, Olga B. Yegorova†, Nelly Chentsova‡, Yuriy Chechulin§, Epco Hasker*§, Vasyl I. Petrenko¶, Jaap Veen*, and Leonid V. Turchenko†
Table 2
Comparison of TB patients tested for HIV in 2002 and 2004
| Variable | 2002 study, n = 567 (%) | 2004 study, n = 968 (%) | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIV infected | 0.011 | ||
| Yes | 36 (6.3) | 98 (10.1) | |
| No | 531 (93.7) | 870 (89.9) | |
| Sex | 0.720 | ||
| Male | 412 (72.7) | 712 (73.6) | |
| Female | 155 (27.3) | 256 (26.4) | |
| Age, y | 0.091 | ||
| 0–29 | 153 (27.0) | 318 (32.9) | |
| 30–39 | 133 (23.5) | 224 (23.1) | |
| 40–49 | 131 (23.1) | 195 (20.1) | |
| >50 | 150 (26.5) | 231 (23.9) | |
| Classification* | 0.002 | ||
| PTB+ | 360 (63.5) | 541 (55.9) | |
| PTB– | 172 (30.3) | 379 (39.2) | |
| EPTB | 35 (6.2) | 48 (5.0) | |
| Homeless | 0.508 | ||
| Yes | 38 (6.7) | 56 (5.8) | |
| No | 529 (93.3) | 912 (94.2) | |
| Injecting drug user | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 16 (2.8) | 84 (8.7) | |
| No | 551 (97.2) | 884 (91.3) | |
| Abuse of alcohol | 0.020 | ||
| Yes | 85 (15.0) | 105 (10.8) | |
| No | 482 (85.0) | 863 (89.2) | |
| Ever incarcerated | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 40 (7.1) | 132 (13.6) | |
| No | 527 (92.9) | 836 (86.4) | |
*TB, tuberculosis; PTB+, pulmonary TB bacteriologically confirmed; PTB–, pulmonary TB bacteriologically not confirmed; EPTB, extrapulmonary TB.
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