Demographic characteristic
|
Patients with MDR TB, n = 57, no. (%)†
|
Patients with non–MDR TB, n = 100, no. (%)‡
|
p value, OR (95% CI)§
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
| M |
35 (61) |
70 (70) |
0.271, 1.4667 (0.7404–2.9055) |
F
|
22 (39)
|
30 (30)
|
|
| Location |
|
|
|
| Buenos Aires area |
46 (81) |
95 (95) |
0.004, 4.5435 (1.491–13.845) |
Other
|
11 (19)
|
5 (5)
|
|
| Country of birth |
|
|
|
| Argentina |
43 (75) |
66 (66) |
0.2176, 0.632 (0.3041–1.3133) |
| Bolivia |
6 (11) |
20 (20) |
|
| Peru |
7 (12) |
8 (8) |
|
| Paraguay |
0 |
3 (3) |
|
| Uruguay |
1 (2) |
1 (1) |
|
| Chile |
0 |
1 (1) |
|
Missing data
|
0
|
1 (1)
|
|
| Education |
|
|
|
| Illiterate or some primary |
16 (28) |
32 (32) |
0.2059, 0.5185 (0.1860–1.4456) |
| Some secondary or tertiary |
7 (12) |
27 (27) |
|
Missing data
|
34 (59)
|
41 (41)
|
|
| Occupation |
|
|
|
| Unemployed |
7 (12) |
|
|
| Construction and manual worker |
20 (35) |
|
|
| Factory worker |
4 (7) |
14 (14) |
|
| Health care worker |
1 (2) |
1 (1) |
|
| Education, i.e., student and teacher |
2 (4) |
4 (4) |
|
| Housewife |
6 (11) |
5 (5) |
|
Missing data
|
17 (30)
|
23 (23)
|
|
| HIV infection |
|
|
|
| Positive |
25 (44) |
27 (27) |
0.04, 0.4737 (0.2308–0.9722) |
| Negative |
25 (44) |
57 (57) |
|
Missing data
|
7 (12)
|
16 (16)
|
|
| Nature of TB contact |
|
|
|
| Close (i.e., household, family, co-worker) |
10 (18) |
32 (32) |
|
| Institution (i.e., hospital, prison) |
2 (4) |
3 (3) |
|
| Casual (e.g., acquaintance) |
5 (9) |
3 (3) |
|
Missing data
|
40 (70)
|
62 (62)
|
|
| TB presentation |
|
|
|
| Pulmonary |
36 (63) |
61 (61) |
0.7184, 1.1553 (0.5323–2.5073) |
| Nonpulmonary |
15 (26) |
22 (22) |
|
Missing data
|
6 (11)
|
17 (17)
|
|
| *TB, tuberculosis; MDR, multidrug resistant; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; IQR, interquartile range.
†Median age, y (IQR) for patients with MDR TB: 34 (27–40).
‡Median age, y (IQR) for patients with non-MDR TB: 28.5 (23.0–37.0).
§χ2 test. |
