| Table 1. Baseline Characteristics by Class Membership | |||||
| Baseline Characteristics | Overall N = 2841 |
Low Risk N = 591 |
Moderate Risk N = 1791 |
High Risk N = 461 |
p-value2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Years) | 37 ± 10 | 44 ± 10 | 36 ± 8 | 31 ± 8 | <0.001 |
| Gender | <0.001 | ||||
| Male | 134 (47%) | 37 (63%) | 67 (37%) | 30 (65%) | |
| Female | 150 (53%) | 22 (37%) | 112 (63%) | 16 (35%) | |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 21.4 ± 4.9 | 23.1 ± 5.2 | 21.3 ± 4.8 | 19.6 ± 3.7 | <0.001 |
| Level of Education | 0.3 | ||||
| No Schooling | 8 (2.8%) | 2 (3.4%) | 6 (3.4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Primary School, Not Completed | 27 (9.5%) | 9 (15%) | 14 (7.8%) | 4 (8.7%) | |
| Primary School, Completed | 14 (4.9%) | 2 (3.4%) | 8 (4.5%) | 4 (8.7%) | |
| Secondary School, Not Completed | 129 (45%) | 29 (49%) | 79 (44%) | 21 (46%) | |
| Secondary School, Completed | 87 (31%) | 12 (20%) | 63 (35%) | 12 (26%) | |
| Attended College/Univeristy | 19 (6.7%) | 5 (8.5%) | 9 (5.0%) | 5 (11%) | |
| Type of Housing | 0.15 | ||||
| Single Family Home | 44 (15%) | 12 (20%) | 23 (13%) | 9 (20%) | |
| Multifamily Home | 226 (80%) | 43 (73%) | 150 (84%) | 33 (72%) | |
| Homeless/Informal Housing | 14 (4.9%) | 4 (6.8%) | 6 (3.4%) | 4 (8.7%) | |
| Living in an Informal Settlement | 39 (14%) | 8 (14%) | 22 (12%) | 9 (20%) | 0.4 |
| Number of Household Occupants | 6.1 ± 3.5 | 5.7 ± 3.3 | 6.4 ± 3.6 | 5.3 ± 3.2 | 0.10 |
| Marital Status | <0.001 | ||||
| Married/Divorced/Widowed | 32 (11%) | 27 (46%) | 3 (1.7%) | 2 (4.3%) | |
| Partner/Girlfriend/Boyfriend | 33 (12%) | 32 (54%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.2%) | |
| Single | 219 (77%) | 0 (0%) | 176 (98%) | 43 (93%) | |
| Number of Children | 2.03 ± 1.59 | 2.98 ± 1.78 | 2.23 ± 1.25 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | <0.001 |
| Employed | 54 (19%) | 21 (36%) | 30 (17%) | 3 (6.5%) | <0.001 |
| Monthly Income (Rand) | 3,308 ± 3,693 | 4,418 ± 4,763 | 3,046 ± 3,487 | 2,897 ± 2,516 | 0.013 |
| Receiving Government Grants | 122 (44%) | 20 (34%) | 98 (56%) | 4 (8.9%) | <0.001 |
| History of Imprisonment | 33 (12%) | 5 (8.5%) | 19 (11%) | 9 (20%) | 0.2 |
| Alcohol Use | 0.011 | ||||
| Never | 121 (43%) | 29 (49%) | 82 (46%) | 10 (22%) | |
| Former | 139 (49%) | 27 (46%) | 84 (47%) | 28 (61%) | |
| Active | 24 (8.5%) | 3 (5.1%) | 13 (7.3%) | 8 (17%) | |
| Substance Use | 0.001 | ||||
| Never | 247 (87%) | 49 (83%) | 164 (92%) | 34 (74%) | |
| Former | 34 (12%) | 10 (17%) | 15 (8.4%) | 9 (20%) | |
| Active | 3 (1.1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (6.5%) | |
| Karnofsky Score | 0.12 | ||||
| 90 or Higher | 212 (75%) | 44 (76%) | 139 (78%) | 29 (63%) | |
| 80 and Under | 71 (25%) | 14 (24%) | 40 (22%) | 17 (37%) | |
| History of DR-TB | 51 (18%) | 8 (14%) | 34 (19%) | 9 (20%) | 0.6 |
| History of an Opportunistic Infection | 54 (19%) | 11 (19%) | 31 (17%) | 12 (26%) | 0.4 |
| Viral Load Undetectable | 132 (48%) | 32 (57%) | 82 (47%) | 18 (42%) | 0.3 |
| Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%), unless otherwise indicated. P-values are based on Fisher’s exact test. | |||||
| 1 Mean ± SD; n (%) | |||||
| 2 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test; Fisher’s exact test | |||||