Table 5.
Univariate analysis of the association of patient -related characteristics with an unfavourable outcome in 231 cases treated for at least 24 hours
| Variable | Total | Death | Other unfavourable | All unfavourable (death and other) together | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N | OR (95% CI) | p | N | OR (95% CI) | p | N | OR (95% CI) | p | ||
| Sex | female | 137 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 41 | 1 | |||
| male | 94 | 17 | 1.78 (0.83-3.82) | 0.14 | 16 | 0.97 (0.48-1.95) | 0.93 | 33 | 1.27 (0.72-2.21) | 0.41 | |
| Age at diagnosis | risk per five years | 1.53 (1.24-1.88) | <0.001 | 1.07 (0.95-1.21) | 0.29 | 1.18 (1.03-1.34) | 0.01 | ||||
| TB history | no | 200 | 30 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 65 | 1 | |||
| yes | 31 | 2 | 0.41 (0.09-1.83) | 0.24 | 7 | 1.23 (0.49-3.11) | 0.67 | 9 | 0.85 (0.37-1.95) | 0.70 | |
| Social risk factor | no | 215 | 31 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 71 | 1 | |||
| yes | 16 | 1 | 0.36 (0.05-2.83) | 0.33 | 2 | 0.55 (0.12-2.56) | 0.45 | 3 | 0.47 (0.13-1.67) | 0.25 | |
| Site of tuberculosis | superficial | 114 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 39 | 1 | |||
| deep | 117 | 19 | 1.34 (0.62- 2.89) | 0.46 | 16 | 0.56 (0.28-1.13) | 0.11 | 35 | 0.82 (0.47-1.43) | 0.48 | |
| Immunosuppression | no | 204 | 22 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 60 | 1 | |||
| yes | 27 | 10 | 5.03 (2.00-12.87) | 0.001 | 4 | 1.17 (0.36-3.78) | 0.80 | 14 | 2.58 (1.15-5.83) | 0.02 | |
| Malignancy¹ | no | 223 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 71 | 1 | |||
| yes | 7 | 2 | 2.02 (0.38-10.9) | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 2 | 0.84 (0.16-4.46) | 0.84 | |
| Diabetes | no | 205 | 25 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 62 | 1 | |||
| yes | 26 | 7 | 2.86 (1.05-7.79) | 0.04 | 5 | 1.38 (0.47-4.08) | 0.56 | 12 | 1.98 (0.86-4.52) | 0.11 | |
| Total | 231 | 32 | 42 | 74 | |||||||
¹ Information is missing for one case.
² Max likelihood estimate is not finite.
Significant p-values are darkened.