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. 2012 Aug 15;12:190. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-190

Table 2.

Sex and age adjusted predictors of the tuberculosis treatment outcome, odds ratio and 95% confidence interval

  Cured/completed Default/failure Deaths Tranferred LR test (p-value)
Age, per year
1 (reference)
1.01 (1.00–1.02)
1.05 (1.03-1.06)
1.02 (1.00–1.03)
<0.001
Sex, men vs. women
1 (reference)
1.07 (0.83–1.37)
0.91 (0.58-1.43)
0.83 (0.56–1.26)
0.717
Residence, urban vs. rural
1 (reference)
1.16 (0.81–1.66)
1.03 (0.55-1.94)
3.56 (2.26–5.62)
<0.001
Clinical forms
 
 
 
 
0.032
PTB+
1 (reference)
1 (reference)
1 (reference)
1 (reference)
 
EPTB
1 (reference)
1.11 (0.79–1.56)
1.00 (0.54–1.86)
0.74 (0.45–1.24)
 
PTB-
1 (reference)
1.83 (1.13–2.97)
2.42 (1.12–5.25)
1.09 (0.51–2.36)
 
Type of patient, new vs retreatment
1 (reference)
0.76 (0.51–1.14)
1.59 (0.63–4.06)
1.85 (0.74–4.67)
0.13
HIV serology
 
 
 
 
<0.001
Negative
1 (reference)
1 (reference)
1 (reference)
1 (reference)
 
Positive
1 (reference)
1.19 (0.89–1.59)
6.37 (3.55–11.41)
1.14 (0.70–1.86)
 
Not done
1 (reference)
2.51 (1.78–3.53)
6.49 (3.26–12.93)
2.87 (1.69–4.86)
 
HIV test, not done vs. done
1 (reference)
2.37 (1.70–3.28)
2.48 (1.43–4.31)
2.79 (1.69–4.60)
<0.001
HIV serology*, Positive vs Negative 1 (reference) 1.19 (0.89–1.60) 6.40 (3.57–11.46) 1.13 (0.69–1.85) <0.001

PTB+, smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis ; EPTB, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis ; PTB-, smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis; LR, likelihood ratio ; *only in the subgroup of participants with test done.