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. 2009 Aug;99(8):1491–1495. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.142166

TABLE 2.

Results of Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of Factors Associated With a History of TB Diagnosis Among Injection Drug Users (N = 1056): Tijuana, Mexico, 2006–2007

Univariate OR (95% CI) Unweighted Multivariate ORa (95% CI)
Men 2.29 (1.04, 5.02)
Age (odds per year) 1.05 (1.02, 1.07)
Years injecting (odds per year) 1.04 (1.02, 1.06)
Years of education (odds per year) 1.10 (1.04, 1.18)
Lifetime history of travel to the United States 5.11 (2.21, 11.80) 6.44 (1.53, 27.20)
Years living in Tijuanab (odds per year) 0.98 (0.96, 1.00)
Moved to Tijuana because of deportation from USb 3.03 (1.82, 5.03) 1.83 (1.07, 3.12)
Lifetime history of incarceration 3.01 (1.66, 5.48) 2.20 (1.06, 4.58)
Knows other individuals who have had TB 1.67 (1.11, 2.51)

Note. TB = tuberculosis; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

a

Only variables which were selected in both nonweighted and weighted models are shown.

b

Not including injection drug users born in Tijuana (n = 809).