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Table 4 Univariante analysis of risk factors for treatment default and death among diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients.

From: Childhood and adult tuberculosis in a rural hospital in Southeast Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective study

 

Treatment default

Death

 

Default*

(n = 254)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Died*

(n = 118)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Sex

      

   Female

116 (11.0)

1

 

52 (5.3)

1

 

   Male

138 (12.5)

1.15 (0.88-1.49)

0.3

62 (5.6)

1.05 (0.72 - 153)

0.8

Age, year

      

   0-14

143 (14.4)

1

 

40 (4.0)

1

 

   > 14

111 (9.5)

0.62 (0.48-0.81)

<0.001

78 (6.7)

1.70 (1.15-2.51)

0.008

Case definitions

      

   New cases

243 (11.8)

1.03 (0.5-1.94)

0.9

111 (5.4)

0.72 (0.32 - 1.59)

0.5

   Relapses

3 (6.3)

0.49 (0.16-1.51)

0.3

3 (6.3)

1.15 (0.35 - 3.78)

0.6

Forms of TB

      

   Smear-positive PTB

45 (7.0)

0.47 (0.34-0.67)

<0.001

40 (6.3)

1.24 (0.83 - 1.83)

0.3

   Smear-negative PTB

113 (14.5)

2.33 (1.79-3.03)

<0.001

47 (6.0)

1.19 (0.81 - 1.74)

0.4

   EPTB

96 (12.9)

1.18 (0.90-1.54)

0.2

31 (4.2)

0.66 (0.47 - 1.01)

0.07

TB lymphadenitis

48 (12.1)

1.04 (0.74-1.45)

0.9

6 (1.5)

0.22 (0.09 - 0.52)

<0.001

TB osteomyelitis

18 (10.7)

0.88 (0.53-1.45)

0.7

7 (4.2)

0.73 (0.33 - 1.61)

0.5

TB abdominal

18 (14.3)

1.27 (0.74-2.18)

0.4

9 (8.0)

1.55 (0.76 - 3.16)

0.3

TB meningitis

8 (30.8)

3.44 (1.51-7.84)

0.006

4 (15.4)

3.22 (1.09 - 9.52)

0.04

TB pleural

4 (21.1)

2.02 (0.69-5.84)

0.3

3 (15.8)

3.18 (0.95 - 11.5)

0.06

HIV status

      

   Negative-Unknown

246 (11.6)

1

 

109 (9.2)

1

 

   Positive

8 (21.1)

2.03 (0.94-4.14)

0.07

9 (23.7)

5.74 (2.64-12.2)

<0.001

  1. * n (%); Percentage out of total registered for treatment