10.17037/DATA.00005244
Data and code to replicate the analyses in the paper "Influence of setting and diagnostic algorithm on disease severity among people diagnosed with symptomatic and asymptomatic tuberculosis in South Africa". Dataset variables cover participant demographics, CD4TB score, TB diagnosis and symptoms, Xpert Ultra result, past instances of TB, HIV/ART status, and cavitation on chest X-ray. R code is used to generate table 1 and figure 1-2.
The dataset contains 16 variables, outlined below.
| Variable name | Variable description | Answer code | Answer label | Variable type |
| sex | Participant sex | String | ||
| Female | Female | |||
| Male | Male | |||
| cad_v6 | Participant CD4TB version 6 score | Open ended | Numeric | |
| cad_v5 | Participant CD4TB version r score | Open ended | Numeric | |
| tbsymp | Reported TB symptoms | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| TB | Diagnosed with TB | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| xpert_pos | Have a positive Xpert Ultra result | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| above_trace | Have an above trace Xpert Ultra result | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| survey | Participant in which survey | String | ||
| AHCoS study | AHCoS | |||
| Vukuzazi study | Vukuzazi | |||
| pastTB | Reported past TB | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| hivart | HIV/ART status | String | ||
| HIV negative | HIV- | |||
| HIV positive. Receiving ART | HIV+ART+ | |||
| HIV positive. Not receiving ART | HIV+ART- | |||
| cavitation | Cavitation on chest X-ray | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| survey_symp | Survey and reported symptoms | String | ||
| AHCoS study, reported symptoms | AHCoS sTB | |||
| Vukuzazi study, no reported symptoms | Vuk aTB | |||
| AHCoS study, no reported symptoms | AHCoS aTB | |||
| Vukuzazi study, reported symptoms | Vuk sTB | |||
| age_group | Participant age group | String | ||
| 15 to 29 | 15-29 | |||
| 30 to 44 | 30-44 | |||
| 45 or over | 45+ | |||
| bmi_group | Participant body mass index group | String | ||
| Underweight | Underweight | |||
| Normal weight | Normal weight | |||
| Overweight/obese | Overweight/obese | |||
| before_threshold_change | Was the participant recruited before the CAD threshold was changed (Vukuzazi only) | Numeric | ||
| No | 0 | |||
| Yes | 1 | |||
| Not applicable | . | |||
| culture_cat | Time to culture positivity (days) | String | ||
| Negative | negative | |||
| Below 10 | <10 | |||
| 10 to 15 | 10-15 | |||
| 15-42 | 15-42 |