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. 2015 Mar 3;15:112. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-0846-7

Table 2.

Demographic characteristic of 954 culture-positive patients with identified strain

PTB TBLN Crude OR Adjusted OR
n % n % 95% CI 95% CI
Age a ≤20 years 128 51.6 120 48.4 1 1
>20 - ≤45 years 355 70.6 148 29.4 0.4 (0.3-06.)*** 0.5 (0.4-0.8)**
>45 years 87 80.6 21 19.4 0.3 (0.2-0.4)*** 0.3 (0.2-0.6)***
Sex b Male 331 70.6 138 29.4
Female 246 59.6 167 40.4 1.6 (1.2-2.2)*** 1.6 (1.1-2.3)*
Education Illiterate 311 67.2 152 32.8 1 1
Primary 158 58.5 112 41.5 1.5 (1.1-2.0)* 0.7 (0.4-1.1)
Secondary 86 71.7 34 28.3 0.8 (0.5-1.3) 0.3 (0.2-0.6)***
Higher degree 22 81.5 5 18.5 0.5 (0.2-1.3) 0.2 (0.1-0.7)**
Previous TB contact No 331 59.8 223 40.2
Yes 154 66.7 77 33.3 0.7 (0.5-1.0) 0.8 (0.5-1.3)
Intake of raw milk No 221 66.4 112 33.6
Yes 353 64.6 193 35.4 1.1 (0.8-1.4) 1.9 (1.2-2.8)**
Living with animals in same household No 289 70.2 123 29.8
Yes 273 60.7 177 39.3 1.5 (1.1-2.0)** 1.7 (1.1-2.6)*
Regular and direct contact with live animals No 214 72.0 83 28.0
Yes 327 64.9 177 35.1 1.4 (1.0-1.9)* 3.0 (1.9-4.5)***
BCG vaccination No 329 82.5 70 17.5
Yes 89 77.4 26 22.6 1.4 (0.8-2.3) 1.6 (0.8-3.3)

aadjusted for sex and site alone; badjusted for age and site alone; *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.