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. 2016 Aug 11;11(8):e0161171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161171

Table 4. Factors associated with treatment success among adult TB patients.

Characteristic Crude OR Adjusted OR
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
Place of DOT <0.001 <0.001
    Facility-based 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    Home-based 0.56 (0.43–0.72) 0.53 (0.41–0.70)
Sex 0.9 0.2
    Male 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    Female 1.0 (0.82–1.22) 1.15 (0.94–1.41)
Age groups (years) <0.001 0.03
    <25 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    25–34 0.79 (0.57–1.09) 0.84 (0.60–1.17)
    35–44 0.60 (0.43–0.83) 0.73 (0.52–1.03)
    ≥45 years 0.51 (0.37–0.70) 0.63 (0.45–0.88)
HIV status <0.001 <0.001
    Negative 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    Positive 0.55 (0.45–0.67) 0.62 (0.50–0.77)
    Unknown HIV status 0.76 (0.51–1.12) 0.81 (0.54–1.20)
Site of disease 0.046 0.7
    PTB 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    EPTB 0.79 (0.62–0.99) 1.09 (0.84–1.41)
AFB smear results at diagnosis <0.001 <0.001
    Smear-negative 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    Smear-positive 1.74 (1.43–2.12) 1.61 (1.29–2.01)
    Unknown 0.59 (0.27–1.29) 0.74 (0.33–1.64)
Category of TB patient 0.02 <0.001
    New 1 (Ref) 1 (Ref)
    Retreatment 0.45 (0.28–0.72) 0.34 (0.21–0.56)

OR, Odds Ratio; 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval; DOT, Directly Observed Treatment; Ref, Reference Group; HIV, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; TB, Tuberculosis; PTB, Pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB, Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

All variables were included in the adjusted model

Excluded: Not evaluated = Transferred-out and TB patients with unknown TB treatment outcomes, n = 363, 7.5%.