Characteristics of XTEND participants with negative sputum tests for tuberculosis by smear microscopy or Xpert at enrolment into XTEND who were subsequently started on TB treatment during the 6-month follow-up (n = 167).

Sub-groups 1 (empirically treated participants) and sub-group 2 (participants with microbiologically-confirmed TB) are not mutually exclusive as some participants who were started on empiric TB treatment were subsequently found to have microbiologically confirmed TB.