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. 2023 Mar 17;18(3):e0283290. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283290

Table 3. Logistic regression modeling for confirmed or probable TB disease in household contacts ≥15 years of age*.

  n/N (%)
38/704 (5%)
Univariable Multivariable
Odds Ratio [95% CI] P value Odds Ratio [95% CI] P value
HHC’s Age 15–24 years 7/189 (4%) 0.3 [0.1, 0.8] 0.020 0.5 [0.2, 1.1] 0.011
25–49 years 14/341 (4%) 0.4 [0.2, 0.7]   0.3 [0.1, 0.6]  
≥50 years 17/174 (10%) 1.0 (ref)   1.0 (ref)  
HHC’s Sex Male 15/259 (6%) 1.1 [0.6, 2.2] 0.72    
Female 23/445 (5%) 1.0 (ref)      
HHC’s HIV Status HIV-positive 3/59 (5%) 0.9 [0.3, 2.7] 0.09 0.5 [0.1, 2.7] 0.07
Unknown 3/130 (2%) 0.4 [0.1, 1.1]   0.3 [0.1, 1.0]  
HIV-negative 32/515 (6%) 1.0 (ref)   1.0 (ref)  
HHC’s History of COPD/Asthma Yes 3/29 (10%) 1.9 [0.6, 6.1] 0.41    
No 34/661 (5%) 1.0 (ref)      
HHC’s History of Previous TB Treatment Yes 21/77 (27%) 12.3 [6.3, 24.2] <0.001 9.7 [4.5, 21.1] <0.001
No/Unknown 17/627 (3%) 1.0 (ref)   1.0 (ref)  
HHC Incarcerated Past 12 Mos. Yes 1/20 (5%) 0.7 (0.1, 8.4) 0.76    
No 37/683 (6%) 1.0 (ref)      
HHC Used Alcohol Almost Every Day Sometime in Past 12 Mos. Yes 11/56 (20%) 5.5 [2.6, 11.7] 0.008 3.1 [1.3, 7.5] 0.033
No 27/640 (4%) 1.0 (ref)   1.0 (ref)  
HHC Incarceration, Substance and/or Alcohol Use Composite in Past 12 Mos.a Incarcerated 1/20 (5%) 1.2 [0.1, 10.0] 0.023    
Never Incarcerated, Used Substances and/or Alcohol 14/82 (17%) 4.8 [2.3, 9.9]      
Never Incarcerated, Did Not Use Substances or Alcohol 23/593 (4%) 1.0 (ref)      
HHC’s Smoking History Current 20/151 (13%) 6.2 [3.1, 12.4] <0.001 2.9 [1.3, 6.4] 0.031
Previous 7/54 (13%) 6.3 [2.5, 16.0]   4.2 [1.5, 11.7]  
Never 11/499 (2%) 1.0 (ref)   1.0 (ref)  
Index Participant’s Sputum Smear AFB-positive 24/325 (7%) 2.1 [1.0, 4.4] 0.06    
AFB-negative/Unknown 14/379 (4%) 1.0 (ref)      
Relationship of IP to HHC Spouse 2/60 (3%) 0.6 [0.2, 2.1] 0.47    
Mother 2/55 (4%) 0.5 [0.1, 2.6]      
Father 1/37 (3%) 0.5 [0.1, 2.4]      
Other 33/552 (6%) 1.0 (ref)      
Sleeping Proximity of IP to HHC Same Room 15/240 (6%) 1.2 [0.6, 2.3] 0.69    
Different Room 23/464 (5%) 1.0 (ref)      
Evenings/Week with IP, Past 6 Months 6–7 28/533 (5%) 1.1 [0.3, 3.4] 0.85    
3–5 5/72 (7%) 1.5 [0.4, 6.4]      
≤2 5/98 (5%) 1.0 (ref)      
Smokers in Householdb Any 24/273 (9%) 2.7 [1.3, 5.6] 0.021    
None 14/422 (3%) 1.0 (ref)      
Primary Exterior Wall Material Brick, Cinderblock, Stone with Mortar 25/544 (5%) 1.0 (ref) 0.22    
Adobe, Rammed Earth, Sticks/Stones & Mud, Wood, Straw, Tin, Other 13/156 (8%) 1.8 [0.8, 4.2]      

IP, index participant; HHC, household contact; n, number of HHCs with positive IGRA result; N, number of HHCs with determinate IGRA result (positive or negative); %, simple percentage calculated as n/N; CI, confidence interval; ref, reference; mos., months.

* Models use data on HHC ≥15 years of age diagnosed with TB based on study evaluations; eight HHCs with active TB documented before study entry did not have data collection on incarceration, TB symptoms, or HIV status; they also did not have chest x-ray, specimen collection for IGRA, TB diagnostics, or HIV testing. Models were fit using an exchangeable working correlation, unless working correlation was negative (which occurred when data were sparse) in which case an independent working correlation was used. Univariable models include the one characteristic only. Each multivariable model includes characteristics with odds ratios shown. The p values are from score tests.

a All self-reported. Incarceration is defined as having spent a night in jail, prison, youth detention center, alcohol use as having a period of drinking alcoholic beverages almost every day, and substance use as any use of substances (marijuana, cocaine, etc.) all in the past 12 months.

b Smoking was defined as smoking tobacco products, ongoing or having quit within the past 6 months.