Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of smear-negative HIV- infected presumptive TB patients.

* means the number of variables is less than the total N = 418. These were missing data due to unrecorded data and unperformed study tests. CXR was considered abnormal if the study clinician reported the CXR as highly suggestive of TB.
**means period for which the patient has had the current cough at the time of enrolment.
Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; ART, antiretroviral therapy; CXR, chest X-ray; LAM, lipoarabinomannan; IQR, inter-quartile range
Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of smear-negative HIV- infected presumptive TB patients.