Table 5.
Summary of multivariate logistics analysis for determinants associated with TB
| Variable | All cases vs healthy population
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases (TB patients) |
Controls/ population |
COR (95% CI) |
AOR (95% CI) |
|
| Sociodemographic determinants | ||||
| Educational level | ||||
| Illiterate | 75 (34.4%) | 285 (65.2%) | 3.33 (2.24, 4.95)*** | 3.65 (2.31, 5.76)*** |
| Primary | 65 (29.8%) | 63 (14.4%) | 0.85 (0.54, 1.35) | 1.00 (0.59, 1.72) |
| Secondary or above | 78 (35.8%) | 89 (20.4%) | 1.0 | |
| Family members per HH | ||||
| ≤4 | 145 (66.5%) | 194 (44.4%) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| >4 | 73 (33.5%) | 243 (55.6%) | 2.49 (1.77, 3.49)*** | 3.09 (2.07, 4.61)*** |
| Environmental determinants | ||||
| Room space per person (m2) | ||||
| <4 | 79 (36.2%) | 270 (61.8%) | 2.85 (2.03, 3.98)*** | 3.11 (2.09, 4.63)*** |
| ≥4 | 139 (63.8%) | 167 (38.2%) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Kitchen | ||||
| None | 69 (31.7%) | 157 (35.9%) | 2.21 (1.50, 3.27)*** | 1.75 (1.11, 2.78)*** |
| Not separated | 44 (20.1%) | 172 (39.4%) | 3.80 (2.48, 5.82)*** | 3.27 (1.99, 5.35)*** |
| Separated | 105 (48.2%) | 108 (24.7%) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Contact history | ||||
| Yes | 56 (25.7%) | 171 (39.1%) | 1.86 (1.30, 2.66)*** | 2.05 (1.35, 3.12)** |
| No | 162 (74.3%) | 266 (60.9%) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Ceiling | ||||
| Yes | 145 (66.5%) | 194 (44.4%) | 1.00 | 1.0 |
| No | 73 (33.5%) | 243 (55.6%) | 2.49 (1.77, 3.91)*** | 1.46 (1.07, 2.21)** |
| Windows | ||||
| >1 | 113 (51.8%) | 110 (25.2%) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 | 22 (10.1%) | 114 (26.1%) | 5.32 (3.14, 9.01)*** | 1.91 (1.25, 2.92)** |
| None | 83 (38.1%) | 213 (48.7%) | 2.64 (1.83, 3.79)*** | 4.42 (2.46, 7.95)*** |
Notes:
**
P≤0.02;
***
P<0.001.
Abbreviations: HH, household; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; COR, crude adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; TB, tuberculosis.