Table 3.

Exposure Variables and Risk of Unfavorable Outcomes Stratified According to Sex in the Prospective Cohort, Pune, India (N = 744)

Characteristic	Men (n = 483)			Women (n = 261)
	Total (N = 483)	Unfavorable Outcome: Yes, No. (%) N = 143 (30%)	Univariable IRR (95% CI); P Value	Total (N = 261)	Unfavorable Outcome: Yes, No. (%) N = 48 (18%)	Univariable IRR (95% CI); P Value
Age (linear)	483 (100%)	143 (30%)	1 .0 (0.99-1.02); P = .40	261 (100%)	48 (18%)	0.99 (0.97-1.02); P = .62
Smoking
No	342 (71%)	97 (28%)	1	260 (99%)	47 (18%)	--
Yes	141 (29%)	46 (33%)	1.18 (0.83-1.67); P = 0.36	1 (1%)	1 (100%)
Alcohol
No	246 (55%)	59 (22%)	1	259 (99%)	47 (18%)	--
Yes	219 (45%)	84 (38%)	1.93 (1.38-2.69); P < .001	2 (1%)	1 (50%)
BMI (linear)	480 (99%)	142 (30%)	0.93 (0.88-0.98); P = .005	260 (99%)	47 (18%)	0.96 (0.89-1.04); P = .34
Diabetic status
No DM	233 (48%)	66 (28%)	1	146 (56%)	24 (16%)	1
Pre-DM	97 (20%)	38 (39%)	1.42 (0.95-2.11); P = .09	61 (23%)	15 (25%)	1.51 (0.79-2.87); P = .21
DM	153 (32%)	39 (25%)	0.94 (0.63-1.39); P = .74	54 (21%)	9 (17%)	1.07 (0.50-2.29); P = .87
HbA1c (linear)	483 (100%)	143 (30%)	0.90 (0.82-0.98); P = .02	261 (100%)	48 (18%)	0.96 (0.83-1.10); P = .53
Time to culture positivity
≥ 7 d	351 (73%)	101 (30%)	1	214 (82%)	36 (17%)	1
< 7 d	130 (27%)	41 (32%)	1.08 (0.75-1.55); P = .68	47 (18%)	12 (26%)	1.45 (0.75-2.79); P = .27
Smear grade
1+, scanty	290 (60%)	80 (28%)	1	177 (68%)	30 (17%)	1
≥ 2	193 (40%)	63 (33%)	1.20 (0.87-1.67); P = .27	84 (32%)	18 (21%)	1.34 (0.75-2.41); P = .32
Cavity
No	232 (56%)	60 (26%)	1	128 (57%)	18 (14%)	1
Yes	179 (44%)	58 (32%)	1.28 (0.89-1.83); P = .19	95 (43%)	23 (24%)	1.87 (1.01-3.46); P = .05

DM = diabetes mellitus; -- = cannot estimate as all had an event; HbA_1c = glycated hemoglobin; IRR = incidence risk ratio.