Table 1 Study participant characteristics

Demographic variables

     Median age (years, IQR)

40 (33–49)

Gender, n (%)

     Woman

49 (53)

     Man

44 (47)

Language, n (%)

     English

10 (11)

     Xhosa

37 (40)

     Sotho

45 (48)

     Missing

1 (1)

Location, n (%)

     Khayelitsha

47 (51)

     Hammanskraal

45 (49)

     Missing

1 (1)

Clinical variables

HIV, n (%)

     Yes

55 (59)

     No

18 (19)

     Refused

9 (10)

     Missing

11 (12)

TB type, n (%)

     Pulmonary

85 (91)

     Extra-pulmonary

8 (9)

Drug resistance type, n (%)

     Drug sensitive

85 (91)

     MDR or XDR

8 (9)

Previous TB, n (%)

     Yes

34 (37)

     No

59 (63)