Table 5. Cox proportional hazard model of the time to detection of M. tuberculosis bacilli on MGIT960 based on 344 patients at the Mubende referral hospital.
Variable | Level | Coefficients (95% CI) | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
HIV status | Negative | – | – | |
Positive | 2.94 (1.54–5.59) | 18.9 (4.66–267) | 0.001 | |
Unknown | 0.27 (0.11–0.59) | 1.31 (1.12–1.80) | 0.001 | |
Tobacco usage | Non smokers | – | – | |
Smokers | 1.94 (1.19–3.17) | 6.96 (3.29–23.8) | 0.007 | |
Alcohol usage | Non consumers | – | – | |
Consumers | 1.88 (1.10–3.20) | 6.55 (3.00–24.5) | 0.019 |