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. 2023 Oct;29(10):2016–2023. doi: 10.3201/eid2910.230286

Table 2. Multivariable log-binomial regression of characteristics for 333 persons from 25 US jurisdictions who were diagnosed with TB–COVID-19 in 2020 and persons with TB only diagnosed in 2017‒2019 or in 2020*.

Characteristic 2020 TB only
2017‒2019 TB only
uPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI) uPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI)
Race/ethnicity†
White Referent Referent Referent Referent
Black 0.8 (0.6‒1.1) 1.1 (0.7‒1.7) 0.9 (0.6‒1.1) 1.2 (0.7‒1.9)
Asian 0.7 (0.6‒0.9) 0.8 (0.5‒1.2) 0.7 (0.6‒0.9) 0.8 (0.5‒1.3)
Hispanic 1.6 (1.3‒2.0) 1.4 (0.9‒2.2) 1.6 (1.3‒1.9) 1.4 (0.9‒2.2)
NHOPI 2.4 (1.1‒5.4) 2.3 (1.0‒5.3) 2.2 (0.9‒5.2) 2.9 (1.1‒7.4)
American Indian/Alaska Native
3.4 (1.4‒8.1)
5.3 (2.1‒13.4)

2.3 (0.9‒6.0)
3.4 (1.2‒9.6)
Origin of birth
US-born Referent Referent Referent Referent
Non–US-born
1.4 (1.1‒1.8)
1.5 (1.1‒2.1)

1.5 (1.1‒1.9)
1.6 (1.1‒2.2)
AFB sputum smear result
Negative Referent NI Referent Referent
Positive 1.3 (1.0‒1.5) 1.4 (1.1‒1.7) 1.3 (1.0‒1.6)
Missing/Unknown
0.9 (0.7‒1.2)


0.9 (0.7‒1.2)
1.0 (0.7‒1.5)
Long-term care resident at TB diagnosis‡
No Referent Referent Referent Referent
Yes
2.6 (1.6‒4.2)
2.5 (1.6‒4.0)

2.5 (1.5‒4.1)
2.4 (1.4‒4.0)
Diabetes
No Referent Referent Referent Referent
Yes
1.8 (1.4‒2.2)
1.6 (1.3‒2.0)

2.0 (1.6‒2.5)
1.8 (1.4‒2.2)
End-stage renal disease
No Referent NI Referent Referent
Yes 1.8 (1.2‒2.7) 2.2 (1.4‒3.4) 1.7 (1.1‒2.7)

*Model adjusted for other variables in the table. aPR, adjusted prevalence ratio; AFB, acid-fast bacilli; NHOPI, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander; NI, not included in adjusted regression model because not statistically significant at 95% confidence level; TB, tuberculosis; TB–COVID-19, diagnosed with both TB and COVID-19 within 180 days; uPR, unadjusted prevalence ratio. †Multiple race category not included because no persons with TB–COVID-19 reported multiple races. ‡Among persons >15 years of age.