Table 2.
Factors associated with the MDR-TB status among Pulmonary TB cases, West Armachiho and Metema districts, Northwest Ethiopia, February 01 to June 25, 2014
| Variable | MDR-TB | Crude OR | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (N = 7) | Negative (N = 117) | |||
| Age group | ||||
| ≤25 | 1 | 36 | 2.77 (0.16, 47.56) | 0.483 |
| 26–35 | 4 | 53 | 1.02 (0.11,9.90) | 0.987 |
| 36–45 | 1 | 15 | 1.15 (0.07,20.34) | 0.922 |
| ≥46 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 6 | 79 | 3.49 (0.41, 29.9 4) | 0.255 |
| Female | 1 | 43 | 1 | |
| Resident | ||||
| Rural | 4 | 54 | 1.56 (0.33, 7.26) | 0.574 |
| Urban | 3 | 63 | 1 | |
| Occupation: | ||||
| Farmer and day laborers | 4 | 55 | 1.50 (0.32, 7.01) | 0.604 |
| Other | 3 | 62 | 1 | |
| Ethnicity: | ||||
| Tigre | 3 | 19 | 3.87 (0.80,18.70) | 0.092 |
| Amhara | 4 | 98 | 1 | |
| Educational status: | ||||
| Illiterate | 2 | 62 | 5.17 (0.41, 65.68) | 0.206 |
| Primary school | 3 | 33 | 1.83 (0.16,20.71) | 0.624 |
| Secondary school | 1 | 16 | 2.67 (0.14,49.76) | 0.511 |
| Diploma and above | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Fasting | ||||
| Yes | 3 | 73 | 0.45 (0.10, 2.12) | 0.313 |
| No | 4 | 44 | 1 | |
| History of smoking | ||||
| Yes | 2 | 33 | 1.02 (0.19, 5.51) | 0.983 |
| No | 5 | 84 | 1 | |
| BCG vaccination | ||||
| Yes | 1 | 27 | 0.71 (0.13, 3.89) | 0.698 |
| No | 6 | 90 | 1 | |
| History of previous treatment | ||||
| Yes | 5 | 31 | 6.94 (1.28, 37.60) | 0.025 |
| No | 2 | 86 | 1 | |
| HIV status | ||||
| Yes | 2 | 26 | 1.40 (0.25, 7.64) | 0.698 |
| No | 5 | 91 | 1 | |
| History of prison | ||||
| Yes | 1 | 17 | 0.98 (0.11, 8.66) | 0.986 |
| No | 6 | 100 | 1 | |
Note that: N number of subjects, OR Odds Ratio