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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Research

Use of Verbal Autopsy to Determine Underlying Cause of Death during Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, India

Poonam Ramesh NaikComments to Author , Patrick K. Moonan, Abhay Subhashrao Nirgude, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Srinath Satyanarayana, Pracheth Raghuveer, Malik Parmar, Chinnappareddy Ravichandra, and Anil Singarajipura
Author affiliations: Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, India (P.R. Naik, A.S. Nirgude, P. Raghuveer); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (P.K. Moonan); International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, New Delhi, India (H.D. Shewade, S. Satyanarayana); World Health Organization Country Office for India, New Delhi (M. Parmar); National Tuberculosis Institute, Bangalore, India (C. Ravichandra); Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore (A. Singarajipura)

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Table 3

Characteristics associated with death in patients who died during treatment for MDR TB, Karnataka, India*

Characteristic No. (%) for whom TB is the underlying cause of death No. (%) for whom TB is not the underlying cause of death χ2 test result (p value)†
Total, n = 71
 55 (77)
 16 (23)
Age, y
15–30 9 (90) 1 (10) 3.06 (0.383)
31–45 22 (82) 5 (18)
46–60 16 (76) 5 (24)
61–75
 8 (62)
 5 (38)
Sex
M 33 (69) 15 (31) 6.44 (0.011)
F
 22 (96)
 1 (4)
Socioeconomic status
Above poverty line 5 (63) 3 (37) 1.49 (0.474)
Below poverty line 42 (81) 10 (19)
Not available
 8 (73)
 3 (27)
Smoking history
Yes 20 (67) 10 (33) 3.73 (0.155)
No 33 (85) 6 (15)
Don’t know
 2 (100)
 0
Alcohol consumption history
Yes 18 (64) 10 (36) 4.71 (0.095)
No 36 (86) 6 (14)
Don’t know
 1 (100)
 0
Diabetes
Yes 11 (79) 3 (21) 0.012 (0.912)
No
 44 (77)
 13 (23)
Hypertension
Yes 11 (79) 3 (21) 0.012 (0.912)
No 44 (77) 13 (23)

*The data do not include 1 patient whose underlying cause of death could not be ascertained. MDR, multidrug-resistant; TB, tuberculosis.
†Bold indicates statistically significant p values (p<0.05).

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