to 1.0) kg/m2, median CD4 102 (IQR: 38 to 239) cells/μL, median HIV‐RNA was 5.5 log (IQR: 5.0 to 5.8), 311 (68%) patients had pulmonary tuberculosis only, and 308 (68%) had bacteriologically‐confirmed tuberculosis. This evidence concerns the gene CD4 and tuberculosis.