Demographic and Clinical Profile of Older TB patients registered under RNTCP in 12 districts of Tamilnadu, South India, April to June 2011.

*<p>Among NSP (N = 702).</p><p>All percentages rounded off.</p><p>TB – Tuberculosis.</p><p>RNTCP- Revised National TB Control Program.</p

Risk measurement among older TB patients registered under RNTCP in 12 districts of Tamilnadu, South India based on the Treatment Outcome (N = 1481), April to June 2011.

a<p>Favourable Outcome  =  Cured and Treatment Completed.</p>b<p>Unfavourable Outcome  =  Died, Loss to follow up, Failure, Transferred out.</p>c<p>Relative risk.</p>d<p>Direct Observed Treatment.</p>*<p>3 Unknown HIV status was omitted.</p><p>TB – Tuberculosis.</p><p>RNTCP- Revised National TB Control Program.</p

Comparison of Demographic and Clinical characteristics and the treatment outcomes among older TB patients registered under RNTCP in 12 districts of Tamilnadu, South India, April to June 2011.

<p>All percentages rounded off.</p><p>TB – Tuberculosis.</p><p>RNTCP- Revised National TB Control Program.</p>a<p>HIV status unknown not included.</p>b<p>Treatment outcome missing excluded.</p

Proportion of Older TB patients among the cohort of TB patients registered under RNTCP in 12 districts of Tamilnadu, South India, April to June 2011.

a<p>All percentages rounded off.</p><p>TB-Tuberculosis; RNTCP-Revised National TB Control Programme.</p