Baseline characteristics and follow-up data of 581 patients with tuberculosis, Rwanda, 2007.

<p>Abbreviations: ART antiretroviral treatment; TB Tuberculosis; PTB pulmonary TB; IQR inter-quartile range; HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus; kg kilogram.</p>*<p>Farming, housewives, unemployed, laborer, vendor;</p>**<p>smear status 2 months after start of TB treatment (for details see text); percentages based on those with smear positive PTB at baseline.