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. 2016 Aug 2;16:688. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3362-9

Table 2.

Association of poor treatment outcome with possible predictors among tuberculosis patients at FHRH, 2015

Predictor variables TB treatment outcomes COR (95 % CI), P-value AOR (95 % CI), P-value
Unsuccessful
N (%)
Success full
N (%)
Sex
 Female 63 (24.4) 195 (75.6) 0.58 (0.4–0.87), 0.007 0.26 (0.06–1.13),0.26
 Male 66 (16.0) 347 (84.0) 1 1
Age
 <=14 6 (12.5) 42 (87.5) 2.57 (0.76–8.71),0.13 2.4 (0.63–9.12),0.20
 15–24 24 (8.3) 266 (91.7) 4.08 (1.56–10.68), 0.04 2.91 (1.00–8.45),0.04
 25–34 47 (27.2) 126 (72.8) 0.98 (0.39–2.50), 0.98 1.22 (0.43–3.46),0.70
 35–44 30 (31.9) 64 (68.1) 0.78 (0.29–2.07),0.62 1.10 (0.37–3.29),0.86
 45–54 15 (37.5) 25 (62.5) 0.61 (0.20–1.80), 0.37 1.34 (0.39–4.84),0.61
 ≥55 7 (26.9) 19 (73.1) 1 1
Residence
 Rural 42 (72.4) 16 (27.6) 15.87 (8.55–29.47), 0.00 18.0 (9.06–37.82),0.001
 Urban 87 (14.2) 526 (85.8) 1 1
Types of TB
 PTB+ 17 (14.2) 103 (85.8) 1.83 (1.03–3.24),0.03 1.90 (0.92–3.90),0.08
 PTB- 36 (16.1) 187 (83.9) 1.57 (1.01–2.43),0.04 1.46 (0.86–2.46),0.154
 EPTB 76 (23.2) 252 (76.8) 1 1
HIV Status
 Positive 70 (38.7) 111 (61.3) 4.6 (3.06–6.93),0.001 4.29 (2.20–8.37), 0.001
 Negative 56 (12.0) 412 (88.0) 4.62 (1.33–16.02),0.016 3.70 (0.88–16.17),0.07
 Unknown 3 (13.6) 19 (86.4) 1 1
History of TB
 New 117 (21.9) 418 (78.1) 1 1
 Retreated 7 (36.8) 12 (63.2) 6.27 (2.50–15.71),0.001 5.32 (1.92–14.3),0.001
 Transfer in 5 (4.5) 107 (95.5) 10.48 (0.18–1.24),0.13 0.23 (0.08–0.70),0.01
 Other 0 (0) 5 (100)
CPT Took
 Yes 42 (34.4) 80 (65.6) 2.79 (1.80–4.32),0.001 1.32 (0.65–2.61),0.45
 No 87 (15.8) 462 (84.2) 1 1

PTB+: Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, PTB−: Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, COR : cruds odds ratio