Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression by disease conditions – Leprosy vs TB

Variables	Disease condition (Leprosy vs TB)
	AOR	95 % CI	p-value
Constant	1.222		0.859
Age
<=32 years	Reference
>32 years	2.643	0.832–8.394	0.099
Gender
Female	Reference
Male	1.480	0.494–4.438	0.484
Literacy
Literate	Reference
Illiterate	0.313	0.103–0.953	0.041
Marital status
Widowed/Divorced/Separated/Cohabiting	Reference
Unmarried	0.218	0.021–2.249	0.201
Married	0.538	0.100–2.900	0.471
Occupation
Other	Reference
Labourer	0.197	0.050–0.768	0.019
Cultivator/Land owner	0.218	0.054–0.872	0.031
Tribal community
Non-tribal	Reference
Tribal	0.601	0.142–2.535	0.488
Perceived causes
Food	8.079	2.408–27.112	0.001
Smoking	3.752	1.595–8.828	0.002
Anatomical or physical problem	0.096	0.019–0.470	0.004
Constitutional weakness	5.579	2.131–14.608	<0.0001
Demons, fate, God, stars, karma	3.258	1.776–5.976	<0.0001
Evil eye, sorcery etc.	0.424	0.182–0.984	0.046

Multivariate logistic regression model: outcome variable—disease condition Leprosy vs TB, where Leprosy is reference category, for Perceived causes—Not reported is reference category, R² = 0.568