Table 2.
Characteristics of 5,846 tuberculosis patients. Factors related to smoking at the time of tuberculosis diagnosis at multivariate level
| Total | Non-smoker | Smoker | Multi-variate analysis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N 5846 | N 3546 | 61 % | N 2300 | 39 % | OR (95 % CI) | P-value | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Women | 2082 | 1556 | 74,7 | 526 | 25,3 | Ref | |
| Men | 3626 | 1911 | 52,7 | 1715 | 47,3 | 2.26(1.97;2.60) | <0.001 |
| Unknown | 138 | 79 | 57,2 | 59 | 42,8 | 2.19(1.46;3.28) | <0.001 |
| Age | |||||||
| Unknown | 138 | 118 | 85,5 | 20 | 15,5 | Ref | |
| 18–30 years | 1627 | 1077 | 66,2 | 550 | 33,8 | 2.39(1.44;4,13) | <0.001 |
| 31–50 years | 2405 | 1212 | 50,4 | 1193 | 49,6 | 3.45(2.09;5,94 | <0.001 |
| > 50 years | 1676 | 1139 | 68 | 537 | 32 | 2.52(1.50;4.42 | <0.001 |
| Origin | |||||||
| Immigrant | 1941 | 1408 | 72,5 | 533 | 27,5 | Ref | |
| Native | 3905 | 2138 | 54,8 | 1767 | 45,2 | 2,79(2,40;3,24) | <0,001 |
| Cohabitation status | |||||||
| Group | 651 | 431 | 66,2 | 220 | 33,8 | Ref | |
| Alone | 554 | 276 | 49,8 | 278 | 50,2 | 1,21(0,91;1,60) | 0,174 |
| Homeless | 100 | 25 | 25 | 75 | 75 | 1,99(1,14;3,57) | <0.001 |
| Confinement | 80 | 38 | 47,5 | 42 | 52,5 | 1,70(0,98;2,97) | 0,056 |
| With Family | 4293 | 2683 | 62,5 | 1610 | 37,5 | 0,89(0,72;1,11) | 0,317 |
| Unknown | 168 | 93 | 55,4 | 75 | 44,6 | 1,35(0,89;2,04) | 0,147 |
| Alcohol | |||||||
| No | 4475 | 3079 | 68,8 | 1396 | 31,2 | Ref | |
| Yes | 1371 | 467 | 34,1 | 904 | 65,9 | 2,85(2,46;3,31) | <0,001 |
| IDU | |||||||
| No | 5768 | 3532 | 61,2 | 2236 | 38,8 | ||
| Yes | 78 | 14 | 17,9 | 64 | 82,1 | 2.78(1.48;5.52) | <0,001 |
| HIV | |||||||
| No | 4547 | 2783 | 61,2 | 1764 | 38,8 | 0,81(0,34;2,07) | 0,646 |
| Yes | 269 | 108 | 40,1 | 161 | 59,9 | 1,48(0,59;3,94) | 0,412 |
| Unknown | 1030 | 655 | 63,5 | 375 | 36.4 | Ref | |
| Prior Treatment | |||||||
| No | 5287 | 3245 | 61,4 | 2042 | 38,6 | Ref | |
| Yes | 438 | 224 | 51,1 | 214 | 48,9 | 1,12(0,89;2,04) | 0,314 |
| Localization | |||||||
| Extra-pulmonary | 611 | 497 | 81,3 | 114 | 18,7 | Ref | |
| Pulmonary | 4149 | 2299 | 55,4 | 1850 | 44,6 | 1,61(1,16;2,24) | <0,001 |
| Disseminated | 301 | 198 | 65,8 | 103 | 34,2 | 1,12(0,73;1,70) | 0,59 |
| Unknown | 785 | 552 | 70,3 | 233 | 29,7 | 1,14(0,80;1,63) | 0,458 |
| Radiology | |||||||
| Normal | 610 | 480 | 78,7 | 130 | 21,3 | Ref | |
| Abnormall cavitary | 1922 | 889 | 46,3 | 1033 | 53,7 | 1,99(1,43;2,79) | <0,001 |
| Abnormal non cavitary | 3114 | 2042 | 65,6 | 1072 | 33,4 | 1,24(0,91;1,70) | 0,167 |
| Unknown | 200 | 135 | 67,5 | 65 | 32,5 | 1,21(0,77;1,89) | 0,4 |
| Microbiology | |||||||
| Culture (−) | 1055 | 779 | 73,8 | 276 | 26,2 | Ref | |
| Microscopy smear (+) | 3144 | 1636 | 52 | 1508 | 48 | 1,39(1,14;1,71) | <0,001 |
| Microscopy smear (+), culture (−) | 1647 | 1131 | 68,7 | 516 | 31,3 | 1,01(0,82;1,24) | 0,896 |
OR odds ratio
CI confidence interval
IDU injecten drug users
HVI humanimmunodeficiency virus