Table 3.

Risk factors for TB treatment default among Ugandan prisoners (n = 466)

Factors	Unadjusted OR (95%CI)	Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Transferred	8.95 (5.17–15.48)	8.36 (4.69–14.91)
Age, years
18–29	Reference	Reference
30–39	0.70 (0.45–1.06)	0.66 (0.38–1.16)
≥40	0.58 (0.35–0.95)	0.64 (0.35–1.19)
Male	0.94 (0.24–3.53)	1.32 (0.27–6.43)
HIV-positive	0.88 (0.61–1.28)	0.82 (0.50–1.33)
Disease class
Sputum smear-positive	Reference	Reference
Sputum smear-negative	0.62 (0.40–0.96)	0.77 (0.43–1.36)
Extra-pulmonary	0.69 (0.41–1.17)	0.96 (0.50–1.84)
No sputum detected	0.76 (0.38–1.54)	1.40 (0.55–3.56)

TB = tuberculosis; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.