Table 3.

Bi- and multivariable analysis of TB multimorbidity and variables of interest

Variables	TB Multimorbidity		Crude odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)	P value	Adjusted odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)	P value
	Yes N (%) 170(70.8)	No N (%) 70 (29.2)
Sex
Female	54(31.8)	16(22.9)	1.6 (0.8–2.9)	0.170	1.9(0.9–4.0)	0.116
Male	116(68.2)	54(77.1)	1		1
Age
< 25	18(10.6)	22(31.4)	0.03(0.0–0.2)	0.001	0.07 (0.01–0.6)	0.019
25–34	53(31.2)	30(42.9)	0.06(0.0–0.5)	0.007	0.2(0.01–0.9)	0.047
35–44	40(23.5)	12(17.1)	0.1(0.0–0.9)	0.04	0.2(0.02–1.7)	0.1
45–54	29(17.1)	5(7.1)	0.2(0.0–1.8)	0.1	0.3(0.03–3.3)	0.4
≥ 55*	30(17.6)	1(1.4)	1		1
Marital status
Single	71(41.8)	45(64.3)	1		1
Married	82(48.2)	23(32.9)	2.3(1.3–4.1)	0.007	0.9(0.5–1.9)	0.9
Divorced/separated/widowed	17(10)	2(2.9)	5.4(1.2–24.4)	0.029	1.6(0.3–8.8)	0.6
Education
None	31(18.2)	6(8.6)	1		1
Primary	14(8.2)	10(14.3)	0.3(0.1–1.1)	0.03	0.4(0.1–1.3)	0.1
Secondary	88(51.8)	44(62.9)	0.4(0.2–1.1)	0.05	0.7(0.2–1.8)	0.4
Tertiary	37(21.8)	10(14.3)	0.7(0.2–2.2)	0.6	1.4(0.4–5.8)	0.6
Occupation
Unemployed	12(7.1)	4(5.7)	0.1(0.01–2.8)	0.2	1.1(0.1–10.3)	0.9
Student	14(8.2)	16(22.9)	0.04(0.002–0.8)	0.03	0.5(0.06–3.3)	0.4
Informal sector	126(74.1)	48(68.6)	0.1(0.01–2.2)	0.2	1.2(0.2–7.3)	0.9
Formal sector	8(4.7)	2(2.9)	0.2(0.01–3.9)	0.3	0.9(0.0–33.4)	0.9
Retired	10(5.9)	0	1		1
Alcohol consumption
No	113(66.5)	50(71.4)	1
Yes	57(33.5)	20(28.6)	1.3(0.7–2.3)	0.5
Cigarette smoking
No	130(77.4)	57(81.4)	1
Yes	38(22.6)	13(18.6)	1.3(0.6–2.6)	0.489
Types of patients
New	156(91.8)	65(92.9)	1
Relapse/treatment failure/treatment interruption	14(8.2)	5(7.1)	1.2(0.4–3.4)	0.776
Family history of Hypertension
No	139(81.8)	65(92.9)	1		1
Yes	31(18.2)	5(7.1)	2.9 (1.1–7.8)	0.035	2.37(0.81–6.92)	0.114
Family history of Diabetes
No	152(89.4)	63(90)	1
Yes	18(10.6)	7(10)	1.06 (0.4–2.7)	0.892