TABLE 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of persons with drug-sensitive tuberculosis (TB) notified and started on first-line treatment between January and June 2025 in Vadodara City, Gujarat, India.
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Total | 2,068 (100) |
| Age (in years) | |
| 0–14 | 70 (3) |
| 15–29 | 660 (32) |
| 30–44 | 540 (26) |
| 45–59 | 434 (21) |
| 60 and above | 364 (18) |
| Gender | |
| Men | 1,136 (55) |
| Women | 930 (45) |
| Transgender | 2 (<1) |
| BMI A | |
| Underweight (<18.5 kg/m2) | 936 (45) |
| Normal (18.5–22.9 kg/m2) | 903 (44) |
| Overweight/obesity (>23 kg/m2) | 229 (11) |
| Notification | |
| Public sector | 1,190 (58) |
| Private sector | 878 (42) |
| Site of TB disease | |
| Pulmonary | 1,309 (63) |
| Extra-pulmonary | 745 (36) |
| Not recorded | 14 (1) |
| Diagnosis of TB | |
| Bacteriologically confirmed | 1,203 (58) |
| Clinically diagnosed | 865 (42) |
| HIV | |
| Reactive | 22 (1) |
| Non-reactive | 1,989 (96) |
| Not recorded | 57 (3) |
| Diabetes | |
| Yes | 160 (8) |
| No | 1,834 (89) |
| Not recorded | 74 (3) |
| Current alcohol use | |
| Yes | 231 (11) |
| No | 1,730 (84) |
| Not recorded | 107 (5) |
| Current tobacco use | |
| Yes | 387 (19) |
| No | 1,592 (77) |
| Not recorded | 89 (4) |
A
BMI = body mass index (kg/m2), calculated as weight (kg) divided by height (m2) for participants aged ≥20 years. For participants aged <20 years, nutritional status was assessed using BMI-for-age Z-scores calculated using WHO age- and sex-specific growth standards and clubbed as follows: BMI < −2 SD as underweight, –2 SD to +2 SD as normal, > +2 SD as overweight.