Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with TB notified and initiated on first-line anti-TB treatment at City TB Centre, Vadodara, India, between April and September 2018 classified by direct benefit transfer (DBT) receipt status (n=1826)
| Variable | Category | Total* | Non-recipients of DBT† | P value‡ | adjRR (95% CI) | P value‡ | |||
| N | % | N | % | RR (95% CI) | |||||
| Overall | 1826 | 100 | 1055 | 57.8 | |||||
| Age (in years) | |||||||||
| Below 15 | 81 | 4.4 | 53 | 65.4 | 1.48 (0.92 to 2.36) | 0.104 | 0.86 (0.47 to 1.58) | 0.626 | |
| 15–59 | 1465 | 80.2 | 823 | 56.2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 60 and above | 280 | 15.3 | 179 | 63.9 | 1.38 (1.06 to 1.80) | 0.017 | 0.76 (0.54 to 1.07) | 0.117 | |
| Gender | |||||||||
| Male | 1136 | 62.2 | 632 | 55.6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Female | 690 | 37.6 | 423 | 61.3 | 1.26 (1.04 to 1.53) | 0.017 | 1.05 (0.82 to 1.34) | 0.697 | |
| Residence | |||||||||
| Within city§ | 1479 | 81.0 | 745 | 50.4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Outside city§ | 318 | 17.4 | 282 | 88.7 | 7.72 (5.38 to 11.08) | <0.001¶ | 1.52 (0.99 to 2.34) | 0.055 | |
| Not reported | 29 | 1.6 | 28 | 96.6 | – | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis site | |||||||||
| Pulmonary | 1392 | 76.2 | 808 | 58.0 | 1 | – | – | ||
| Extra pulmonary | 420 | 23.0 | 233 | 55.5 | 0.90 (0.72 to 1.12) | 0.351¶ | – | – | |
| Not reported | 14 | 0.8 | 14 | 100.0 | – | – | – | – | |
| Patient type | |||||||||
| New | 1570 | 86.0 | 958 | 61.0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Previously treated | 256 | 14.0 | 97 | 37.9 | 0.39 (0.30 to 0.51) | <0.001 | 1.06 (0.77 to 1.45) | 0.728 | |
| HIV status | |||||||||
| Reactive | 24 | 1.3 | 13 | 54.2 | 1.50 (0.67 to 3.38) | 0.325 | 2.65 (1.16 to 6.08) | 0.021 | |
| Non-reactive | 1145 | 62.7 | 504 | 44.0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Unknown | 657 | 36.0 | 538 | 81.9 | 5.75 (4.57 to 7.24) | <0.001 | 1.16 (0.84 to 1.62) | 0.374 | |
| Treatment sector | |||||||||
| Public | 958 | 52.5 | 283 | 29.5 | 1 | ||||
| Private | 868 | 47.5 | 772 | 88.9 | 19.2 (14.9 to 24.7) | <0.001 | 16.3 (11.6 to 23.0) | <0.001 | |
*Column percentages are shown for values in this column.
†Non-recipients of DBT—not received any instalment; irrespective of time of disbursement. Row percentages are shown for values in this column.
‡χ2 test used.
§Administrative area of City TB Centre, Vadodara.
¶Calculated only among reported.
adjRR, adjusted relative risk; RR, relative risk.