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Table 2 Relationship between elevation in liver enzyme concentration and patient characteristics at baseline by treatment regimen

From: Liver toxicity associated with tuberculosis chemotherapy in the REMoxTB study

 

Peak ALT or AST

≥3 × ULN1

 

Standard arm

(2EHRZ/4HR)

Isoniazid arm

(2MHRZ/2MHR)

Ethambutol arm

(2EMRZ/2MR)

n (%)

60 / 639 (9.4%)

52 / 654 (8.0%)

38 / 634 (6.0%)

Male (%)

40 / 447 (9.0%)

38 / 449 (8.5%)

24 / 447 (5.4%)

Female (%)

20 / 192 (10.4%)

14 / 205 (6.8%)

14 / 188 (7.5%)

Age in years2 (%)

 18–24

13 / 186 (7.0%)

17 / 203 (8.4%)

11 / 172 (6.4%)

 25–34

21 / 184 (11.4%)

11 / 213 (5.2%)

9 / 210 (4.3%)

 35–44

16 / 142 (11.3%)

11 / 115 (9.6%)

8 / 122 (6.6%)

 45–54

2 / 88 (2.3%)

6 / 81 (7.4%)

8 / 86 (9.3%)

 ≥55

8 / 38 (21.1%)

7 / 41 (17.1%)

2 / 44 (4.6%)

Baseline weight in kg (%)

 <40

11 /63 (17.5%)

6 / 56 (10.7%)

5 / 56 (8.9%)

 40–49

22 / 218 (10.1%)

20 / 243 (8.2%)

11 / 224 (4.9%)

 50–59

16 / 242 (6.6%)

19 / 231 (8.2%)

12 / 236 (5.1%)

 60–69

8 / 88 (9.1%)

5 / 88 (5.7%)

8 / 86 (9.3%)

 ≥70

3 / 28 (10.7%)

2 / 36 (5.6%)

2 / 33 (6.1%)

Ethnicity (%)

 Black

20 / 295 (6.8%)

21 / 277 (7.6%)

17 / 290 (5.9%)

 Asian

34 / 194 (17.5%)

23 / 201 (11.4%)

10 / 193 (5.18%)

 Mixed race

6 /149 (4.0%)

8 / 174 (4.6%)

11 / 151 (7.3%)

 Other

0 / 1 (0.0%)

0 / 2 (0.0%)

0 / 0 (0.0%)

HIV positive (%)

7 / 46 (15.2%)

3 / 46 (6.5%)

4 / 48 (8.3%)

HIV negative (%)

53 / 593 (8.9%)

49 / 608 (8.1%)

34 / 586 (5.8%)

Smoking history (%)

 Never

31 / 298 (10.4%)

23 / 291 (7.9%)

16 / 279 (5.7%)

 Previous

11 / 155 (7.1%)

17 / 155 (11.0%)

9 / 166 (5.4%)

 Current

18 / 186 (9.7%)

12 / 208 (5.8%)

13 / 190 (6.8%)

  1. Characteristics for patients across all treatment arms are shown according to peak ALT and/or AST while taking treatment
  2. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ULN upper limit of normal
  3. 1 Cell percentages shown
  4. 2 Data for date of birth was not available for some patients in all three treatment arms