CD4 and tuberculosis: Some of the independent predictors of poor outcomes in patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis from other studies include: age, [20, 23] sex, [20] ambulatory status, [24] WHO clinical stage 4, [23] BMI, [19] lower CD4 count, [20, 23, 24, 19, 25] ART, [20, 24, 25] cotrimoxazole prophylactic therapy, [24] haemoglobin, [19] and white cell count [19, 25].