Table 4.

Relative likelihood of TB final diagnosis expressed as hazard ratios using cox regression analysis

		Steps to diagnosis		Days to diagnosis
Characteristics	Total (%)	Unadjusted HR (95 % CI)	Adjusted HR (95 % CI)	Unadjusted HR (95 % CI)	Adjusted HR (95 % CI)
Age category
18–24	74 (25)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
25–34	108 (37)	0.89 (0.66,1.19)	0.82 (0.60,1.11)	0.97 (0.72,1.30)	0.81 (0.59,1.10)
35–44	71 (24.3)	0.91 (0.66,1.26)	0.72 (0.50,1.03)	0.96 (0.69,1.34)	0.88 (0.59,1.16)
≥45	41 (13.7)	1.48 (1.11,2.16)	1.37 (0.92,2.04)	1.70 (1.15,2.50)	1.14 (0.77,1.68)
Sex
Female	124 (41.3)	1.00	-	1.00	-
Male	170 (58.7)	1.07 (0.85.1.35)		1.19 (0.94.1.51)
Marital status
Never married	103 (35)	1.00	-	1.00	-
Currently married	106 (36.7)	0.83 (0.64,1.09)		0.76 (0.58,1.00)
Previously married	85 (28.3)	1.08 (0.81,1.44)		0.97 (0.74,1.33)
Employment
Yes	244 (83.3)	1.00	-	1.00	-
No	50 (16.7)	0.84 (0.62,1.14)		0.87 (0.64,1.19)
Mobile phone ownership
Yes	237 (81)	1.00	-	1.00	-
No	57 (19)	1.16 (0.87,1.55)		1.07 (0.79,1.43)
TB treatment category
Retreatment	70 (23.7)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
New	224 (76.3)	0.59 (0.45,0.78)*	0.66 (0.49,0.88)*	0.62 (0.47,0.81)*	0.70 (0.52–0.93)*
HIV status
Positive	96 (32.7)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Negative	184 (62.7)	0.84 (0.66,1.11)	0.88 (0.67–1.15)	0.77 (0.60–0.96)	0.70 (0.53–0.92)*
Don’t know	14 (4.6)	0.85 (0.49,1.49)	0.95 (0.54–1.68)	0.85 (0.47–1.52)	1.23 (0.68–2.33)
First contacted place/person
Social	171 (58)	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
TB care provider	36 (12)	0.99 (0.69,1.42)	1.08 (0.75,1.57)	0.88 (0.62,1.27)	0.89 (0.62,1.29)
Non-TB care provider	87 (30)	0.65 (0.50,0.85)*	0.72 (0.55,0.95)*	0.71 (0.55,0.92)*	0.50 (0.40,0.70)*

*significant at p < 0.05