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Table 2 Baseline characteristics by trial arm

From: A knowledge translation intervention to improve tuberculosis care and outcomes in Malawi: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

Factors

Control number (%)

PALM PLUS only number (%)

PALM PLUS and LHW intervention number (%)

pvalue

Cluster level

    

Number of health centers

12

7

5

 

ART initiation sites

3/12

2/7

1/5

 

Cluster size mean (range)

6.7 (1–15)

9.7 (5–17)

6 (3–12)

 

Patient level

    

Number of patients

80

68

30

 

Mean age in years (range)

37.0 (3–72)

39.3 (1–84)

38.7 (5–73)

.719

Women

40/80 (50)

38/68 (44)

17/30 (43)

.716

Incident TB cases

71/72 (99)

59/64 (92)

27/29 (93)

.398

Pulmonary TB cases

45/78 (58)

50/68 (74)

24/30 (80)

.027

HIV positive

29/63 (46)

24/56 (43)

11/22 (50)

.847

6-month weight recorded

3/80 (4)

2/68 (3)

1/30 (3)

.302