Table 4. Factors associated with death before completion of TB treatment in TB patients,
 San Diego County, California, 2001–2005*.

Risk factor	OR (95% CI)	p value
Mycobacterium bovis disease	2.55 (1.27–5.11)	0.01
HIV infection (ref = negative)		<0.001
Positive	4.50 (2.19–9.24)	<0.001
Unknown	2.09 (1.19–3.67)	0.01
Age group, y (ref = 0–4 y)		<0.001
5–14	Not defined	1.00
15–24	0.79 (0.06–9.88)	0.86
25–44	1.54 (0.17–13.78)	0.70
45–64	4.75 (0.55–41.12)	0.16
>65	17.19 (2.04–145.01)	0.01
Country of birth (ref = United States)		<0.001
Mexico	0.52 (0.30–0.90)	0.02
Philippines	0.52 (0.28–0.97)	0.04
Other	0.25 (0.12–0.53)	<0.001
Chest radiograph lesions	2.21 (0.97–5.05)	0.06
Multisite disease	1.86 (1.10–3.15)	0.02

*n = 1,119. TB, tuberculosis; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ref, referent.