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. 2023 May 25;15(5):2779–2799. doi: 10.21037/jtd-23-623

Table 3. Logistic multivariate regression analysis for influence factors of malnutrition in patients with PTB.

Variable Regression coefficient Standard errors Wald statistics P values OR (95% CI)
Constant term −21.064 1.135 344.432 <0.001
Age 0.475 0.050 89.090 <0.001 0.622 (0.564, 0.687)
BMI 6.047 0.111 2,975.462 <0.001 0.002 (0.002, 0.003)
DM 0.265 0.100 7.059 0.008 0.767 (0.630, 0.933)
Severe pneumonia 1.091 0.397 7.565 0.006 0.336 (0.154, 0.731)
HIV 1.870 0.584 10.260 0.001 0.154 (0.049, 0.484)
Food intake within a week 1.809 0.088 419.768 <0.001 0.164 (0.138, 0.195)
Lymphocyte absolute count 0.675 0.094 51.864 <0.001 0.509 (0.424, 0.612)
Taking immunosuppressive agents 1.632 0.487 11.247 <0.001 0.195 (0.075, 0.507)
Loss weight 0.343 0.038 81.671 <0.001 0.709 (0.658, 0.764)
dialysis 1.760 0.599 8.626 0.003 0.172 (0.053, 0.557)
Pleural TB 0.375 0.141 7.093 0.008 0.687 (0.521, 0.906)

PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; TB, tuberculosis.