Table 2.
Factors associated with conduction of TB-screening – aOR from logistic regression
| Dummy-variable chosen by LASSO | Number enrolledn [%] | Odds ratio | 95 % CI | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time since HIV diagnosis (years) | 0.003 | |||
| > 0 (and not available) | 703 [64.65] (32 [2.93]) | 1 | ||
| 0 | 354 [32.42] | 1.844 | 1.237–2.753 | |
| HIV Type | <0.001 | |||
| available | 787 [72.07] | 1 | ||
| not available | 305 [27.93] | 0.562 | 0.409–0.771 | |
| CD4+ T cell count/(μl*100) | 504 [46.15] | 0.924 | 0.882–0.966 | <0.001 |
| Haemoglobin in g/dL | 512 [46.89] | 0.9734 | 0.949–0.999 | 0.041 |
| Combination therapy with Lamivudine | 0.858 | |||
| yes | 516 [47.25] | 0.967 | 0.668–1.399 | |
| no | 576 [52.75] | 1 | ||
| Information on acute fever | <0.001 | |||
| available | 685 [62.73] | 1 | 0.369–0.707 | |
| not available | 407 [37.27] | 0.511 | ||
| Chronic cough (past Six months) | 0.013 | |||
| yes | 32 [2.93] | 5.065 | 1.622–22.677 | |
| no (and not available) | 1,059 [96.98] (1 [0.09]) | 1 | ||
| Intake of regular medicine | 0.661 | |||
| yes | 362 (33.15) | 1.089 | 0.743–1.596 | |
| no (and not available) | 728 [66.67] (2 [0.18]) | 1 | ||
| Intake of co-trimoxazole | ||||
| yes | 271 [24.82] | 2.311 | 1.523–3.536 | <0.001 |
| no | 821 [75.18] | 1 | ||
| Supplementation with vitamins | <0.001 | |||
| yes | 220 [20.15] | 2.641 | 1.722–4.101 | |
| no | 872 [79.85] | 1 | ||
| Use of mosquito bed net | 0.004 | |||
| yes | 613 [56.14] | 1.535 | 1.149–2.0515 | |
| no (and not available) | 477 [43.68] (2 [0.18]) | 1 |
Total number of observations = 1,092; TB Tuberculosis, Pseudo R-squared = 0.24