. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Feb 26;3(3):201–209. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00036-3

Table 1.

Association of sputum culture conversion status with treatment outcome (success versus failure or death), unadjusted for covariates. N=1,712

Month of treatment	Sputum culture conversion status	Success n (%) N=1,344	Failure or death n (%) N=368	OR^* (95% CI)
2 months	Converted	458 (91.8)	41 (8.2)	3.60 (2.49-5.19)
2 months	Did not convert	886 (73.0)	327 (27.0)	1.00
6 months	Converted	1,231 (89.1)	151 (10.9)	15.18 (11.23-20.53)
6 months	Did not convert	113 (34.2)	217 (65.8)	1.00

OR=odds ratio. CI=confidence interval.

Estimated using univariate random effects logistic regression.