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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of trial cohorts

From: Economic support to improve tuberculosis treatment outcomes in South Africa: a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial

 

Intervention clinics

Control clinics

Total number of trial participants

2,107

1,984

Minimum number of participants per clinic

122

68

Maximum number of participants per clinic

335

335

Mean age of participants

29 years

32 years

Number (percentage) of male participants

1,058 (50.2%)

1,069 (53.9%)

Number (percentage) of participants in rural district

266 (12.6)

167 (8.4)

Number (percentage) of HIV-positive participants

910 (68.0%)

1106 (73.0%)

Number of unemployed participants

1 081 (60.2%)

1 228 (66.2%)

Number of child participants (less than 13 years)

386 (21.5%)

251 (13.5%)

Number of smear-positive participants

903 (42.9%)

882 (44.5%)

  1. Data on HIV status and employment were not available for all patients.