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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Respir J. 2010 Jan 14;36(3):594–600. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00171509

Table 4.

Univariate and Multivariate logistic regression analysis for culture positive TB disease

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis

OR P values OR P values
Age (years) 1.08
(1.04-1.13)
<0.0001 1.038
(0.98-1.1)
0.021
Male sex 2.27
(1.19-4.35)
0.013 0.75
(0.29-1.96)
0.562
BMI 0.84
(0.77-0.91)
<0.0001 0.85
(0.78-0.93)
0.001
CD4>200 0.16
(0.08-0.32)
<0.0001 0.24
(0.11-0.54)
0.001
History of
previous TB
4.19
(1.95-8.97)
<0.0001 1.78
(0.68-4.62)
0.239
Positive T.SPOT 2.72
(1.52-4.86)
0.001 0.81
(0.31-2.11)
0.660
Positive ratio 6.9
(3.42-13.91)
<0.0001 5.99
(2.61-13.77)
<0.0001
BCG scar
presence
1.35
(0.77-2.36)
0.291 1.00
(0.42-2.41)
1.000
Contact with TB 1.3
(0.81-2.11)
0.282 1.43
(0.68-2.99)
0.346