Fig 1.
Flowchart diagram describing a selection of studies for the systematic review and meta-analysis on the predictors of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Table 1.
Characteristics of individual studies on the predictors of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis, included in the current systematic review and meta-analysis.
Table 2.
The summary of the pooled estimates of the HR, RR, and OR per predicting factors of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 2.
Forest plot for pooled incidence of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 3.
Forest plot for pooled incidence density rate of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 4.
Funnel plot showing publication bias among studies used to compute the incidence of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 5.
Funnel plot showing publication bias among studies used to compute the incidence density rate of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 6.
Forest plot for pooled incidence of mortality in patients with multi drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 7.
Forest plot for pooled incidence of mortality in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 8.
Funnel plot showing publication bias among studies used to compute the incidence of mortality in patients with multi drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 9.
Funnel plot showing publication bias among studies used to compute the incidence of mortality in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Fig 10.
Forest plot for predictors of mortality in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis.
A. Male sex B. Older age C. For every age D. Undernutrition E. Presence of any co-morbidity F. Diabetes G. HIV co-infection H. TB history I. Previous second-line treatment J. Smear positive K. XDR-TB L. Presence of clinical complication.