In the multivariate model, using the group with no disease as reference, and adjusting for sex, age, country, CD4+ cell count, viral load and randomized ART assignment, an ongoing diagnosis of TB at randomization was associated with an increased risk of the primary outcome (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] 1.38; 95%CI: 0.92–2.10) but this was not statistically significant (p = 0.11). Here, CD4 is linked to tuberculosis.