Table 3.

Relationship between socio-demographic, lifestyle and health seeking factors to Patient delay. Both unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios are shown (n = 231)

Variable	n	% Patient delay >2 weeks	Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	n*	Adjusted odds ratio† (95% CI)
Age 18–40, y	205	30.2	0.98 (0.40–2.40)		NA
Male	132	35.6	1.83 (1.02–3.29)		NA
Hospitalised	59	16.9	0.38 (0.18–0.81)	56	0.32 (0.12–0.80)‡
Marital status separated/single	125	30.4	1.01 (0.58–1.77)		NA
Post primary education Level	92	25.0	0.65 (0.36–1.18)		NA
>1 Household persons	207	28.5	0.47 (0.20–1.11)		NA
Daily Alcohol consumption	38	51.5	2.93 (1.41–6.11)	34	3.70 (1.57–9.76)‡
Subsistence farming	28	46.4	2.22 (1.02–5.00)	26	4.70 (1.67–13.22)‡
Perceived smoking as cause of TB	34	55.9	3.63 (1.72–7.66)	34	5.54 (2.26–13.58)‡
>2 Health seeking encounters per month	76	13.2	0.24 (0.12–0.50)	72	0.15 (0.06–0.36)‡

*Number included in forward stepwise logistic regression method.

†Odds ratios for the variables appearing at the final step of forward stepwise selection.

‡P < 0.05; CI indicates confidence interval; NA not applicable.