The study followed 985 patients for 13397 person-months and found a crude mortality rate of 11.7 per 1000 person-months. Specific mortality rates were 17.21, 7.81, and 6.18 per 1000 person-months at 6, 12, and 24 months, respectively. Malnourished patients (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.85; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34-2.56) and MDR-TB/HIV co-infected patients (aHR 2.95; 95% CI, 2.08-4.18) had a higher risk of mortality during follow-up.
