Table 3. Associations of defaulting with baseline characteristics of 270 patients included in the defaulters to TB treatment study, Kampala 2007–2008.

Characteristic	Defaulted		Univariable analysis		Multivariable analysis
	Yes	No
	N (%)	N (%)	unadjusted	95% CI	Adjusted	95% CI	p-value*
	45	225	Odds ratio		Odds ratio
Age group
16–29 years	21 (17.1)	102 (82.9)	1		1		0.434
30–39 years	17 (17.9)	78 (82.1)	1.1	0.5–2.1	0.7	0.3–1.7	-
≥40 years	7 (13.5)	45 (86.5)	0.8	0.2–1.9	0.5	0.2–1.5	-
Sex
Male	33 (20.6)	127 (79.4)	1		1		0.143
Female	12 (10.9)	98 (89.1)	0.5	0.2–1.0	0.5	0.2–1.3	=
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	17 (14.7)	99 (85.3)	1		1		0.735
Divorced/Separated	12 (20.0)	48 (80.0)	1.5	0.6–3.3	1.1	0.6–3.8	=
Single	16 (17.0)	78 (83.0)	1.2	0.6–2.5	1.5	0.4–2.8	=
Employment status
Employed	15 (16.5)	76 (83.5)	1		1		0.826
Unemployed	30 (16.8)	149 (83.2)	1.0	0.5–2.0	0.9	0.4–2.1	=
Other ailments (N = 267)
None	31 (14.6)	181 (85.4)	1				-
HIV infection	9 (24.3)	28 (75.7)	1.9	0.8–4.4	-	-	-
Others	5 (27.8)	13 (72.2)	2.2	0.7–6.7	-	-	-
Transport cost (N = 255)
0–500 UgShs	17 (12.9)	115 (87.1)	1		1		0.632
501–1000 UgShs	14 (18.2)	63 (81.8)	1.5	0.7–3.3	1.4	0.6–3.2	=
>1000 UghShs	8 (17.4)	38 (82.6)	1.4	0.6–3.6	1.5	0.6–3.9	=
Family size
1–4 members	33 (19.1)	140 (80.9)	1		-	-	-
>4 members	12 (12.4)	85 (87.6)	0.6	0.3–1.2	-	-	-
Drinking alcohol (n = 267)
Never drinks	10 (8.9)	102 (91.1)	1		1		0.007
1–3 days/week	14 (15.7)	75 (84.3)	1.9	0.8–4.5	2.2	0.8–5.9
Drinks daily	20 (30.3)	46 (69.7)	4.4	1.9–10.2	4.9	1.8–13.5
Type of facility diagnosing TB
City clinic	37 (18.4)	164 (81.6)	1		-	-	-
Hospital	8 (11.6)	61 (88.4)	0.6	0.3–1.3	-	-	-

^* = p-value for variables included in the final model.

CI = confidence interval.

TB = tuberculosis.

UgShs = Ugandan Shillings.