Profile and determinants of unsuccessful tuberculosis outcome in rural Nigeria: Implications for tuberculosis control

Table 1 Demographic and clinical profile of rural tuberculosis patients, Nigeria, 2011-2012

Variables	n (%)
Age (yr)
≤ 40	728 (61.7)
> 40	452 (38.3)
Gender
Female	494 (41.9)
Male	686 (58.1)
Facility
Private	1035 (87.7)
Public	145 (12.3)
Treatment category
New	1099 (93.1)
Retreatment	81 (6.9)
Type of TB
Pulmonary TB	1134 (96.1)
Extrapulmonary TB	46 (3.9)
HIV status
HIV - positive	233 (19.7)
HIV - negative	947 (80.3)
Treatment regimen (n = 1099)
Regimen 1	579 (52.7)
Regimen 2	520 (47.3)

Regimen 1: 8-mo regimen; Regimen 2: 6-mo regimen. TB: Tuberculosis; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.