Table 5. Risk factors associated with the occurrence of TBLN, northern Ethiopia.
| Incidence of TBLN in the cases who has contact with TB patients | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Yes N (%) | No N (%) | Crude OR(95%CI) | Adjusted OR(95%CI) | P-value |
| Sex | 0.492 | ||||
| Male | 49(51) | 47(49) | 1.216(0.717-2.063) | 1.230(0.682 -2.218) | |
| Female | 60(46.2) | 70(53.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Age in years | 0.032 | ||||
| ≤14 | 17(65.4) | 9(34.6) | 2.217(0.944-5.211) | 2.774(1.091-7.050) | |
| >14 | 92(46) | 108(54) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Patients residence | 0.615 | ||||
| Urban | 30(45.5) | 36(54.5) | 0.854(0.481-1.519) | 0.851(.455-1.593) | |
| Rural | 79(49.4) | 81(50.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| No.of persons/room* | 0.253 | ||||
| ≤5persons/room | 77(45.8) | 91(54.2) | 0.687(0.337-1.253) | 0.685(.359-1.309) | |
| >5persons/room | 32(55.2) | 26(44.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Drinking raw milk | 0.528 | ||||
| Yes | 28(45.2) | 34(54.8) | 0.834(0.464-1.499) | 0.801(0.401-1.598) | |
| No | 81(49.7) | 82(50.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Fever | 0.628 | ||||
| Yes | 92(48.4) | 98(51.6) | 1.049(0.514-2.142) | 0.804(0.332-1.945) | |
| No | 17(47.2) | 19(52.8) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Weight Loss | 0.188 | ||||
| Yes | 98(50.5) | 96(49.5) | 1.494(0.892-4.259) | 1.827(0.745-.479) | |
| No | 11(34.4) | 21(65.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Night sweating | 0.222 | ||||
| Yes | 99(50.5) | 97(49.5) | 1.745(0.789-3.860) | 1.807(0.700- 4.669) | |
| No | 11(36.7) | 19(63.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Chronic cough | 0.025 | ||||
| Yes | 43(59.7) | 29(40.3) | 1.977(1.119-3.492) | 2.017(1.094-3.722) | |
| No | 66(42.9) | 88(57.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
* average= 5 persons/ room in a house