Table 3.

Hierarchical multivariable analysis of the association of multimorbidity status and characteristics of subjects with tuberculosis in Brazil, 2011

Covariates*		OR (95% CI)
Level 1
Gender	Female	1.00
	Male	0.63 (0.52-0.76)
Age	<20 years	1.00
	20 –39 years	3.59 (1.12-11.48)
	40-59 years	17.89 (5.71-56.03)
	> 60 years	44.11 (14.09-138.07)
Skin color	White	1.00
	Non-white	0.88 (0.72-1.06)
Level 2
School level	Illiterate	1.00
	1 – 4 years	1.32 (0.89-1.96)
	5 – 8 years	1.44 (0.93-2.21)
	> 8 years	1.31 (0.84-2.05)
Institutionalization	No	1.00
	Yes	0.59 (0.23-0.80)
Area of residence	Urban	1.00
	Rural	0.63 (0.42-0.95)
Level 3
HIV	Negative	1.00
	Positive	0.75 (0.52-1.08)
Level 4
TB form	Pulmonary	1.00
	Extrapulmonary	1.11 (0.83-1.47)
	Pulmonary + extrapulmonary	0.72 (0.38-1.36)
Histopathologic examination	Not suggestive of TB	1.00
	AFB positive	0.96 (0.28-3.28)
	Suggestive of TB	1.53 (0.46-5.03)
Level 5
Treatment outcome	Cured	1.00
	Abandonment	0.73 (0.50-1.07)
	Death from TB	1.18 (0.86-1.64)
	Death from other cause	1.76 (1.36-2.28)
	MDR TB	1.33 (0.42-4.21)

AFB Acid fast bacilli, MDR TB Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis, MM Multimorbidity, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, TB Tuberculosis.

*Covariates with p < 0.10followed to next level of hierarchical model.