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. 2009 Feb 5;9:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-12

Table 1.

Association of variables with M. tuberculosis genotype clustering by IS6110-RFLP analysis (n = 183)

Genotype clustering

Demographic characteristics No Yes Unadjusted OR 95%CI P value
Sex

Female 37 44 Reference

Male 47 55 0.98 0.55–1.77 0.957, NS

Age, years

>40 22 17 Reference

<40 62 82 0.58 0.28–1.19 0.140, NS

HIV sero-status

Negative 46 57 Reference

Positive 38 42 0.89 0.49–1.60 0.702, NS

Drug susceptibility*

Sensitive 80 93 Reference

Any resistance 4 6 1.29 0.35–4.73 0.701, NS

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; NS = not significant; * = susceptibility to isoniazid and rifampicin only.