CD4 and tuberculosis: For patient characteristics, low baseline CD4 count and TB or other co-infections have been consistently associated with early mortality [1], [5], [6], while age and baseline BMI have been associated with early mortality in Myanmar [7] and Johannesburg [8], but not in South Africa [1], [8]–[10], and being male is positively associated with LTFU in South Africa [11] and Tanzania [12] but not in Lesotho [13].