Table 4.

Univariable and multivariable logistic regression for treatment delay among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Hunan Province, 2013–2018

Variables	Treatment delay		COR with 95% CI	P-value	AOR with 95%CI	P-value
	Yes	No
Gender
Female	88	238	1		1
Male	296	626	1.28 (0.96–1.69)	0.086	1.22 (0.92–1.62)	0.173
Ethnicity
Han	365	784	1		1
Other minorities	19	80	0.51 (0.30–0.85)	0.010	0.55 (0.33–0.93)	0.027
Treatment category
New treatment	337	700	1		1
Retreatment	47	164	0.60 (0.42–0.84)	0.004	0.59 (0.42–0.85)	0.004
Current residence
Local residence	340	811	1		1
Other provinces and foreign residents	44	53	1.98 (1.30–3.01)	0.001	1.99 (1.30–3.04)	0.001
Severity of illness
No	358	839	1		1
Yes	26	25	2.43 (1.39–4.28)	0.002	2.58 (1.40–4.41)	0.001
Age (in years)
< 15	12	14	1		1
15–64	283	628	0.53 (0.24–1.15)	0.108	0.63 (0.28–1.40)	0.256
≥ 65	222	222	0.47 (0.39–1.85)	0.066	0.55 (0.24–1.25)	0.155
Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness of fit test		Prob > chi2 = 0.1889

AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio, COR Crude Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval