Table 4.
Crude and Adjusted odds ratios for various factors that might affect treatment outcome among tuberculosis patients, Gondar University Teaching Hospital, 2003-2008.
| Characteristics | Treatment success | Crude OR | 95% CI | P-Value | Adjusted OR* | 95% CI | P-Value | |
|
Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
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| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 577(27.0) | 1563(73.0) | 1.00 | --- | --- | 1.00 | --- | --- |
| Female | 604(32.5) | 1256(67.5) | 1.303 | 1.137-1.493 | <0.001 | 1.215 | 1.048-1.409 | 0.010 |
| Address | ||||||||
| Urban | 867(42.0) | 1195(58.0) | 1.00 | --- | --- | 1.00 | --- | --- |
| Rural | 314(16.2) | 1624(83.8) | 0.266 | 0.230-0.309 | <0.001 | 0.275 | 0.235-0.322 | <0.001 |
| Age group(yrs) | ||||||||
| 0-14 | 168(22.5) | 579(77.5) | 1.00 | --- | --- | 1.00 | --- | --- |
| 15-24 | 373(41.4) | 528(58.6) | 0.985 | 0.595-1.630 | 0.952 | 0.697 | 0.409-1.188 | 0.184 |
| 25-34 | 334(29.2) | 808(70.8) | 0.404 | 0.247-0.662 | <0.001 | 0.437 | 0.259-0.736 | 0.002 |
| 35-44 | 176(26.2) | 496(73.8) | 0.691 | 0.423-1.129 | 0.140 | 0.770 | 0.458-1.293 | 0.323 |
| 45-54 | 74(24.9) | 223(75.1) | 0.805 | 0.486-1.333 | 0.400 | 0.832 | 0.489-1.418 | 0.499 |
| 55-64 | 34(23.9) | 108(76.1) | 0.861 | 0.501-1.480 | 0.588 | 0.941 | 0.531-1.667 | 0.834 |
| ≥ 65 | 22(22.2) | 77(77.8) | 0.908 | 0.493-1.672 | 0.756 | 0.934 | 0.490-1.780 | 0.835 |
| TB type | ||||||||
| Smear positive pulmonary TB | 321(47.8) | 350(52.2) | 1.00 | --- | --- | 1.00 | --- | --- |
| Smear negative pulmonary TB | 564(25.7) | 1632(74.3) | 0.386 | 0.315-0.472 | <0.001 | 0.430 | 0.345-0.535 | <0.001 |
| Extrapulmonary TB | 296(26.1) | 837(73.9) | 1.023 | 0.869-1.205 | 0.782 | 1.019 | 0.856-1.213 | 0.831 |
TB = tuberculosis, OR = Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence interval, N = number, yrs = years
* = All the variables in the table are included in the model.