Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population and risk factors for default.

Variable	Cases	Controls	Bivariate analysis	Multivariate analysis
	n (%)	n (%)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Sex
Male	89 (71)	85 (64)	1.33 (0.79–2.25)
Female	37 (29)	47 (36)	1.0*
Age groups
18–24	19 (15)	30 (23)	1.0*
25–34	33 (26)	31 (24)	1.63 (0.76–3.48)
35–44	30 (24)	27 (20)	1.75 (0.81–3.81)
45–54	23 (18)	27 (20)	1.35 (0.60–2.99)
55–64	12 (10)	10 (8)	1.89 (0.69–5.24)
65+	9 (7)	7 (5)	2.03 (0.65–6.36)
Civil state
Married	64 (51)	74 (56)	1,0*
Single	35 (28)	37 (28)	1.09 (0.62 – 1.94)
Widowed	8 (6)	5 (4)	1.85 (0.58 – 5.94)
Divorced	13 (10)	7 (5)	2.15 (0.81 – 5.71)
Occupation
Employed by government	15 (12)	31 (24)	1.0*	1.0*
Employed in private sector	7 (6)	6 (5)	2.41 (0.69 – 8.44)	2.63 (0.73 – 9.57)
Self-employed	10 (8)	13 (10)	1.59 (0.57 – 4.45)	1.74 (0.60 – 5.09)
Unemployed	56 (44)	46 (35)	2.52 (1,21 – 5.22)	2.73 (1.28 – 5.86)
Pensioner	22 (18)	15 (11)	3.03 (1.23 – 7.46)	4.07 (1.57 – 10.52)
Pupil or student	4 (3)	10 (8)	0.83 (0.22 – 3.07)	0.98 (0.25 – 3.73)
House wife	11 (9)	11 (8)	2.07 (0.73 – 5.84)	2.15 (0.73 – 6.31)
Risk factors for Default
HIV infection	6 (5)	8 (6)	0.78 (0.26 – 2.30)
Other concomitant disease	28 (22)	32 (24)	0.89 (0.50 – 1.59)
History of imprisonment	12 (10)	5 (4)	2.67 (0.91 – 7.82)
Homelessness	6 (5)	0	n.a.
Alcohol abuse	17 (14)	4 (3)	4.99 (1.63 – 15.28)	6.01 (1.68 – 19.47)
Migrant	1 (1)	0	n.a.
Intravenous drug user	2 (2)	2 (2)	1.05 (0.15 – 7.56)
Type of pulmonary TB
Smear negative	94(75)	80 (61)
Smear positive	32 (25)	52 (39)	0.57 (0.33 – 0.97)	0.42 (0.24 – 0.75)

* Used as reference