The risk factors for early mortality in the HIV patients with and without TB were advanced disease stages including baseline CD4+ count <100 cells/μl (OR: 5.7, 95% CI 1.8 – 17.2, p = 0.03), WHO-stages III plus IV (OR: 4.8 95% CI 1.3-17.5, p = 0.01), and BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (OR: 1.2 95% CI 0.37-3.8, p = 0.77) (data not shown). Here, CD4 is linked to tuberculosis.