Table 3.

Health care system delays and total delay: diagnostic factors

Symptoms and associated illness	n (%)	Health care delay ≥ 30 days OR (95%CI)	P value	n (%)	Total delay ≥ 110 days OR (95%CI)	P value
Age, years
≥30	86 (52.8)	0.87 (0.54–1.41)	0.568	90 (58.8)	1.44 (0.89–2.33)	0.109
<30	77 (47.2)			63 (41.2)
Sex
Male	104 (63.8)	1.19 (0.73–1.95)	0.449	108 (70.7)	1.39 (0.85–2.26)	0.157
Female	59 (36.2)			54 (35.3)
Any education
Yes	99 (60.7)	2.08 (1.28–3.39)	0.001	70 (45.7)	0.58 (0.36–0.94)	0.021
No	64 (39.3)			83 (54.3)
Ever smoked
Yes	87 (53.4)	0.70 (0.43–1.13)	0.130	96 (62.7)	1.61 (0.99–2.62)	0.038
No	76 (46.6)			56 (37.3)
Drink alcohol
Yes	26 (16.0)	0.76 (0.40–1.44)	0.374	34 (22.2)	1.87 (0.98–3.62)	0.040
No	137 (84.0)			119 (77.8)
Any cough
Yes	152 (93.2)	0.19 (0.21–0.93)	0.022	150 (98.0)	3.54 (0.88–20.3)	0.044
No	11 (6.8)			3 (2.0)
Respiratory symptoms
Yes	153 (93.8)	0.0 (0.0–1.09)	0.061	152 (99.4)	1.07 (0.01–84.5)	0.961
No	10 (6.2)			1 (0.6)
Sputum production
Yes	102 (62.6)	0.18 (0.09–0.35)	0.000	124 (81.0)	1.87 (1.06–3.31)	0.019
No	61 (37.4)			29 (19.0)
Purulent sputum
Yes	83 (51.0)	0.35 (0.21–0.59)	0.000	101 (66.0)	1.42 (0.87–2.33)	0.131
No	80 (49.0)			52 (33.9)
Cavitary lesion
Yes	41 (25.2)	0.33 (0.19–0.55)	0.000	61 (39.8)	1.30 (0.79–2.13)	0.270
No	122 (74.8)			92 (60.2)
Hemoptysis
Yes	52 (32.0)	1.1 (0.65–1.85)	0.690	50 (32.7)	1.18 (0.70–1.98)	0.504
No	111 (68.0)			103 (67.3)
AFB–positive
Yes	106 (65.0)	0.56 (0.33–0.96)	0.027	113 (73.8)	1.39 (0.82–2.36)	0.183
No	57 (35.0)			40 (26.2)
Weight loss
Yes	113 (69.3)	0.61 (0.34–1.06)	0.063	122 (79.8)	1.89 (1.08–3.30)	0.015
No	50 (30.7)			31 (20.2)

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AFB = acid–fast bacilli.