Table 4. Socio-demographic and clinical factors related to TB knowledge and treatment adherence, Equatorial Guinea, May-July 2015.

Variables		Inadequate TB knowledge (Batalla)			Non-adherent (Morisky)
		n	%	p value	n	%	p value
Socio-demographic characteristics
Sex	Male	16	33.33	0.494	12	25	0.399
	Female	20	40		9	18
Age	< = 25 years old	8	23.53	0.136	8	23.53	0.545
	26–39 years old	13	41.94		8	25.81
	> = 40 years old	15	45.45		5	15.15
Zone	Insular	15	35.71	0.856	9	21.43	0.963
	Continental	21	37.50		12	21.82
Ethnics	Fang	25	39.06	0.567	12	18.75	0.550
	Bubi	7	38.89		4	22.22
	Other	4	25.00		5	31.25
Religion	Catholic	28	37.84	0.480	17	22.97	0.644
	Evangelist	6	42.86		3	21.43
	Other	2	20.00		1	10.00
Marital status	Married	11	37.93	0.406	7	24.14	0.807
	Single	24	35.29		14	20.59
	Other	1	100.00		0	0
Literacy	No	6	100.00	0.001	1	16.67	0.769
	Yes	30	32.61		20	21.74
Educational level	None education	6	100.00	0.002	1	16.67	0.312
	Almost Secondary school	22	37.29		10	16.95
	Almost University degree	8	24.24		10	30.30
Currently working	No	22	37.29	0.889	13	22.03	0.857
	Yes	14	35.90		8	20.51
Employment status	Self-employed	3	20.00	0.519	2	13.33	0.319
	Worker	7	36.84		4	21.05
	Unemployed	13	41.94		10	32.26
	Other	13	39.39		5	15.15
Clinical characteristics
Re-infection*	No	29	34.12	0.169	15	17.65	0.020
	Yes	7	53.85		6	46.15
HIV coinfection	No	23	37.70	0.951	12	19.67	0.137
	Yes	8	36.36		3	13.64
	Don´t know	5	33.33		6	40.00

* Relapse or treatment failure (it was not distinguished within the patients’ clinical history)