Table 1

Patient characteristics stratified by the control group, the intervention/treatment group and total

CharacteristicAllControlIntervention
Age, yr. (mean±SD)31.5±11.932.3±12.730.8±11.1
Height, m (mean±SD)1.6±0.21.6±0.21.6±0.2
Weight, kg (mean±SD)54.3±15.653.4±15.855.1±15.4
Household size (mean±SD)2.0±1.72.1±1.82.0±1.7
Travel time to clinic, min (mean±SD)28.1±24.528.3±25.328.0±23.7
Female sex (%)41.543.040.0
Swahili language (%)35.339.831.1
HIV positive (%)29.131.626.8
X-ray conducted (%)39.641.238.1
Antiretroviral therapy (%)26.929.024.9
Nutrition support (%)91.592.790.3
Co-trimoxazole preventive therapy (%)28.330.026.8
Extrapulmonary TB (%)23.923.524.3
Slum dweller (%)42.345.239.5
Previously sought treatment (%)67.466.368.3
Unsuccessful treatment outcome (%)8.312.44.6
Bacteriologically confirmed
 Yes (%)54.552.556.4
 No (%)37.540.035.1
 Undetermined (%)8.07.58.5
Education level
 None (%)14.517.411.8
 Primary school (%)32.234.430.0
 Secondary school (%)38.835.741.7
 Advanced degree (%)14.512.416.5
Employment status
 Unemployed (%)22.924.321.6
 Single job (%)19.718.321.1
 Casual day work (%)27.330.024.7
 Self-employed (%)24.622.526.6
 Student (%)5.04.35.7
 Multiple jobs (%)0.50.60.4
  • Note that the features representing the intervention group and the clinic site location are not included in the table.