Characteristics of patients deteriorating on antitubercular treatment (N = 324) by HIV-1 status.

1NS: not significant, p-value significant at p≤0.05.
2i.e. No microbiological proof at commencement of tuberculosis treatment.
3Interquartile range.
4Rifampin resistant-tuberculosis = Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with resistance to at least rifampin, cultured from a patient with clinical deterioration of symptoms attributable to progressive tuberculosis disease.

1 NS（not significant，无统计学意义）：当p值≤0.05时判定为具有统计学显著性
2 即：结核治疗启动时未获取微生物学确诊依据
3 四分位数间距（Interquartile range）
4 利福平耐药结核病（Rifampin resistant-tuberculosis）：指从临床症状因活动性结核病进展而恶化的患者体内分离得到的、至少对利福平（rifampin）耐药的结核分枝杆菌（Mycobacterium tuberculosis）