October 1, 2025African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family MedicineOpen Access

Predictors of drug-resistant TB outcomes: Body mass index, HIV, and comorbidities

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NDNtandazo DlatuWalter Sisulu University LFLindiwe Modest Faye NSNcomeka SinekeWalter Sisulu University

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Retrospective cohort study identifies body mass index and HIV status as predictive factors for DR-TB outcomes, highlighting socioeconomic implications.

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Lower body mass index is associated with reduced treatment success in drug-resistant tuberculosis patients.
HIV-positive patients showed marginally lower treatment success rates, emphasizing the need for tailored interventions.
Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis types demonstrated the poorest outcomes among patients in the study.
The model's accuracy of 63.1% illustrates the limited predictive power of BMI and HIV compared to comorbidities and socioeconomic factors.

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Dlatu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dd91dafe798ba2fc4994d9 https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v17i1.4953

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Retrospective cohort study identifies body mass index and HIV status as predictive factors for DR-TB outcomes, highlighting socioeconomic implications.

Predictors of drug-resistant TB outcomes: Body mass index, HIV, and comorbidities

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Predictors of drug-resistant TB outcomes: Body mass index, HIV, and comorbidities

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