TABLE 1.

Characteristics of children, households, main carers and source cases of children referred as contacts of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

	Did not attend appointment median [IQR] or n (%)	Attended appointment median [IQR] or n (%)	OR (95%CI)	P value
Age, child, months	35 [25–51]	36 [23–53]	—	0.35
Male child	26 (52)	22 (44)	1.38 (0.62–3.05)	0.43
Coloured ethnicity	30 (60)	17 (34)	2.82 (1.21–6.59)	0.01
Child HIV-infected (n = 88)	3/40 (7.5)	1/48 (2.1)	3.81 (0.37–39.4)	0.33
Mother main carer for child	44 (88)	41 (82)	1.61 (0.52–4.97)	0.58
Years of education of main carer	10 [8–11]	10 [8–11]	—	0.35
Main carer without any paid work	34 (68)	35 (70)	0.91 (0.39–2.14)	0.83
Main carer looks after other children	20 (40)	29 (58)	0.48 (0.21–1.09)	0.07
Male main carer	2 (4)	6 (12)	0.31 (0.06–1.64)	0.27
Male source case	19 (38)	25 (50)	0.61 (0.27–1.37)	0.23
Mother source case	17 (34)	6 (12)	3.78 (1.29–11.1)	0.02
Household LSM score	6 [6–8]	7 [6–8]	—	0.29
Cigarettes smoked in house	36 (72)	26 (52)	2.37 (1.01–5.57)	0.04
Alcohol drunk in house	27 (54)	27 (54)	1.00 (0.45–2.20)	0.80
Illegal drug use in house	10 (20)	9 (18)	1.14 (0.42–3.11)	1.00

IQR = interquartile range; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; LSM = living standard measure.