Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate analysis of factors associated with treatment success.

Characteristic	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Hazard ratio (95% CI)a	p-value
Sex
Female	1.00	–	1.00	–
Male	0.95 (0.73, 1.24)	0.710	0.89 (0.67, 1.17)	0.4
Age, years
18–29	1.00	–	1.00	–
30–44	0.69 (0.51, 0.95)	0.023	0.62 (0.44, 0.88)	0.007
45–59	0.98 (0.66, 1.47)	0.936	0.94 (0.61, 1.44)	0.8
> = 60	0.87 (0.61, 1.24)	0.437	0.91 (0.59, 1.40)	0.7
Migrant
No	1.00	–
Yes	1.09 (0.83, 1.43)	0.542
Completed high school
No	1.00	–
Yes	0.90 (0.70, 1.16)	0.428
Marital status
Married	1.00	–
Single	1.16 (0.90, 1.50)	0.261
Occupation
Student or employed	1.00	–
Unemployed or retired	1.04 (0.77, 1.40)	0.788
Insured
No	1.00	–
Yes	1.00 (0.77, 1.29)	0.975
Reimbursement policy covered
No	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	1.16 (0.90, 1.49)	0.263	1.10 (0.82, 1.48)	0.5
Number of family members	0.96 (0.88, 1.05)	0.347
Bacteriologically confirmed
No	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	0.82 (0.63, 1.06)	0.128	0.75 (0.57, 0.99)	0.044
Cavity
No	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	0.71 (0.49, 1.03)	0.069	0.68 (0.46, 1.00)	0.050
Combined with EPTB
No	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	0.61 (0.43, 0.87)	0.006	0.51 (0.35, 0.74)	<0.001
Type 2 diabetes
No	1.00	–	1.00	–
Yes	1.05 (0.58, 1.93)	0.863	1.02 (0.54, 1.91)	>0.9
Group
Standard care	1.00	–	1.00	–
Reminder app	1.50 (1.10, 2.06)	0.010	1.58 (1.12, 2.22)	0.009
Smart pillbox	1.42 (1.05, 1.93)	0.023	1.63 (1.16, 2.30)	0.005

^aAdjusted for potentially confounding factors of sex, age, reimbursement policy coverage, bacteriological confirmation, cavity, combined with EPTB, and type 2 diabetes comorbidity.

EPTB, extrapulmonary TB.