Table 4. Multivariate analysis of factors associated with the occurrence of bacteriologically positive and culture positive PTB.

	Bacteriologically positive TB		Culture positive TB
Factors	Adj OR (95% CI)	p value*	Adj OR (95% CI)	p value*
Age
15–34	1	0.0002	1
35–54	3.84(1.64–9.00)		3.81(1.50–9.72)	0.001
> = 55	5.92(2.47–14.2)		5.85(2.24–15.3)
Living condition
Non-slum	1		1
Slum	1.6(1.05–2.35)	0.03	1.6 (1.00–2.45)	0.05
BMI
> = 18.5	1
<18.5	6.05 (3.97–9.22)	<0.00001	8.31(5.22–13.23)	<0.00001
Past history of treatment
No	1
Yes	5.85(3.62–9.45)	<0.00001	5.33(3.13–9.07)	<0.00001
Cooking fuel
Smokeless	1
Solid	1.81 (1.20–2.73)	0.005	1.81 (1.15–2.85)	<0.00001
Gender * Alcohol status
Being a Male and currently consuming alcohol	3.01(1.85–4.89)	<0.00001	3.51(2.02–6.11)	<0.00001

*a p-value of <0.05 was considered significant