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. 2010 Apr 27;10:215. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-215

Table 4.

Univariante analysis of risk factors for treatment default and death among diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) patients.

Treatment default Death
Default*
(n = 254)
OR (95% CI) p-value Died*
(n = 118)
OR (95% CI) p-value

Sex
 Female 116 (11.0) 1 52 (5.3) 1
 Male 138 (12.5) 1.15 (0.88-1.49) 0.3 62 (5.6) 1.05 (0.72 - 153) 0.8
Age, year
 0-14 143 (14.4) 1 40 (4.0) 1
 > 14 111 (9.5) 0.62 (0.48-0.81) <0.001 78 (6.7) 1.70 (1.15-2.51) 0.008
Case definitions
 New cases 243 (11.8) 1.03 (0.5-1.94) 0.9 111 (5.4) 0.72 (0.32 - 1.59) 0.5
 Relapses 3 (6.3) 0.49 (0.16-1.51) 0.3 3 (6.3) 1.15 (0.35 - 3.78) 0.6
Forms of TB
 Smear-positive PTB 45 (7.0) 0.47 (0.34-0.67) <0.001 40 (6.3) 1.24 (0.83 - 1.83) 0.3
 Smear-negative PTB 113 (14.5) 2.33 (1.79-3.03) <0.001 47 (6.0) 1.19 (0.81 - 1.74) 0.4
 EPTB 96 (12.9) 1.18 (0.90-1.54) 0.2 31 (4.2) 0.66 (0.47 - 1.01) 0.07
  TB lymphadenitis 48 (12.1) 1.04 (0.74-1.45) 0.9 6 (1.5) 0.22 (0.09 - 0.52) <0.001
  TB osteomyelitis 18 (10.7) 0.88 (0.53-1.45) 0.7 7 (4.2) 0.73 (0.33 - 1.61) 0.5
  TB abdominal 18 (14.3) 1.27 (0.74-2.18) 0.4 9 (8.0) 1.55 (0.76 - 3.16) 0.3
  TB meningitis 8 (30.8) 3.44 (1.51-7.84) 0.006 4 (15.4) 3.22 (1.09 - 9.52) 0.04
  TB pleural 4 (21.1) 2.02 (0.69-5.84) 0.3 3 (15.8) 3.18 (0.95 - 11.5) 0.06
HIV status
 Negative-Unknown 246 (11.6) 1 109 (9.2) 1
 Positive 8 (21.1) 2.03 (0.94-4.14) 0.07 9 (23.7) 5.74 (2.64-12.2) <0.001

* n (%); Percentage out of total registered for treatment