Table 2. Treatment initiation (within 3 months) in patients with bacteriologically confirmed TB by age, gender and diagnostic method.

		Adjusted OR	95% Confidence interval
*Age		0.95	0.90–1.03
Gender	Female	Reference
	Male	0.87	0.50–1.51
Diagnostic test	Smear	Reference
	Xpert	1.05	0.67–1.67

*Age was analysed as a continuous variable.