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. 2014 Mar 10;14:132. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-132

Table 5.

Logistic regression analysis of determinants of longer health system delay, Malawi, 2011

Characteristic New TB cases
Retreatment TB cases
n Unadjusted OR (95% CI) n Unadjusted OR (95% CI)
Total
460
 
128
 
Place first visited by patients
 
 
 
 
 Hospital
253
reference
92
reference
 Health centre
114
1.86 (1.92 – 3.77)*
19
0.91 (0.27 – 3.08)
 Drug store & traditional
53
5.08 (1.08 -21.67)*
12
- ±
 Private clinic
40
0.94 (0.39 – 2.26)
5
0.97 (0.10 – 9.24)
Smear
 
 
 
 
 Positive
302
reference
87
reference
 Negative
37
0.65 (0.27 – 1.59)
21
6.36 (1.54 – 28.31)*
 Unknown/not done 121 1.08 (0.57 – 2.04) 20 6.05 (1.26 – 26.91)*

OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence interval.

*p < 0.05.