Table 5. Associations between change of residence and defaulting from tuberculosis treatment among patients included in the defaulters to TB treatment study, Kampala 2007–2008.

Characteristic	Defaulting (%)	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI)
Change of residence ascertained during treatment visits or follow-up (N = 225)
No	5/183 (2.7)	1	1
Yes	11/42 (26.2)	12.6 (4.1–38.9)	23.2 (4.5–119.0)
Change of residence ascertained during treatment visits only (N = 220)†
No	6/184 (3.3)	1	1
Yes	5/36 (13.9)	4.8 (1.4–16.6)	8.7 (1.8–41.5)

^* = adjusted for marital status, employment status and transport costs.

^† = change of residence ascertained at the end of two months interval and two-five months interval.

CI = confidence interval.

TB = tuberculosis.