Baseline TB stigma, TB knowledge, and HIV knowledge among HIV-infected TB patients in Thailand.

<p>TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.</p>a<p>Those with available answers.</p>b<p>Five hundred patients had high TB stigma; 75 did not respond to one or more TB stigma questions.</p>c<p>One hundred and seventy-seven had low TB knowledge; 171 did not respond to one or more TB knowledge questions.</p>d<p>Three hundred and seventy-nine patients had low HIV knowledge; 69 did not respond to one or more HIV knowledge questions.</p

Patient characteristics stratified by TB stigma, TB knowledge, and HIV knowledge.

<p>TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; CD4, CD4+ T-lymphocyte.</p>a<p>Those with available results only.</p>b<p>Patients who had extra-pulmonary TB other than peripheral lymphatic TB or had all of the following characteristics: self-reported weight loss >10% of body weight, coughing up blood, difficulty breathing in past 4 weeks before TB diagnosis, and cavitary TB or >1/3 involvement of either lung at the initial evaluation.</p>c<p>Patients who reported having a cough lasting greater than one month before TB diagnosis or had other symptoms that lasted longer than 14 days and self-assessed these symptoms as being severe.</p>d<p>High TB stigma defined as TB stigma score ≥1; low TB knowledge defined as TB knowledge score<5; and low HIV knowledge defined as HIV knowledge score<5.</p

Bivariable and multiple logistic regression analyses of predictors for having low TB knowledge^a among HIV-infected TB patients.

<p>TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; CD4, CD4+ T-lymphocyte; variables for which p≤0.20 in bivariable analyses and potential confounders were included in multiple logistic regression analysis.</p>a<p>TB knowledge score<5; TB knowledge score is a summary score of the number of TB knowledge questions (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006360#pone-0006360-t002" target="_blank">table 2</a> - each question is worth 1 point) that a patient correctly answered.</p>b<p>Compared with being treated in Bangkok.</p>c<p>Patients who had extra-pulmonary TB other than peripheral lymphatic TB or had all of the following characteristics: self-reported weight loss >10% of body weight, coughing up blood, difficulty breathing in past 4 weeks before TB diagnosis, and cavitary TB or >1/3 involvement of either lung at the initial evaluation.</p

Bivariable and multiple logistic regression analyses of predictors for having low HIV knowledge^a among HIV-infected TB patients.

<p>TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; variables for which p≤0.20 in bivariable analyses and potential confounders were included in multiple logistic regression analysis.</p>a<p>HIV knowledge score<5; HIV knowledge score is a summary score of the number of HIV knowledge questions (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006360#pone-0006360-t002" target="_blank">table 2</a> - each question is worth 1 point) that a patient correctly answered.</p>b<p>Compared with being treated in Bangkok.</p>c<p>Patients who had extra-pulmonary TB other than peripheral lymphatic TB or had all of the following characteristics: self-reported weight loss >10% of body weight, coughing up blood, difficulty breathing in past 4 weeks before TB diagnosis, and cavitary TB or >1/3 involvement of either lung at the initial evaluation.</p

Bivariable and multiple logistic regression analyses of predictors for having high TB stigma^a among HIV-infected TB patients.

<p>TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; variables for which p≤0.20 in bivariable analyses and potential confounders were included in multiple logistic regression analysis.</p>a<p>TB stigma score ≥1; TB stigma score is a summary score of the number of TB stigma questions (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0006360#pone-0006360-t001" target="_blank">Table 1</a>; each question was worth 1 point) that a patient answered consistent with stigma.</p>b<p>Compared with being treated in Bangkok.</p>c<p>Patients who had extra-pulmonary TB other than peripheral lymphatic TB or had all of the following characteristics: self-reported weight loss >10% of body weight, coughing up blood, difficulty breathing in past 4 weeks before TB diagnosis, and cavitary TB or >1/3 involvement of either lung at the initial evaluation.</p