Pooled baseline characteristics of patients included in the analysis
| Baseline characteristics | Total patients (n=1189) |
| Age (IQR) | |
| Years, median | 29.0 (23–37) |
| Weight (IQR) | |
| kg, median | 52.0 (47.0–58.1) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 823 (69.2) |
| Female | 366 (30.8) |
| HIV coinfection | |
| Negative | 1010 (85.1) |
| Positive | 177 (14.9) |
| Cavitary disease at baseline | |
| Yes | 690 (63.8) |
| No | 391 (32.2) |
| Smear status at month 2 | |
| Negative | 936 (82.0) |
| Positive | 205 (18.0) |
| Culture status at month 2 | |
| Negative | 879 (78.6) |
| Positive | 240 (21.4) |
Data were missing for HIV coinfection (2 patients), cavitary disease at baseline (108 patients), smear status at month 2 (48 patients) and culture status at month 2 (70 patients).