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. 2017 Mar 13;10:91–96. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S126274

Table 1.

Bivariate analysis of the socio demographic characteristic of study participants with MDR-TB, at St. Peter’s TB Specialized Hospital, April 2011

Variables Case N=90 (%) Control N=90 (%) COR (95% CI)
Age (years)
 ≤30 66 (73.3) 38 (42.2) 3.76 (2.01–7.04)*
 >30 24 (26.7) 52 (57.8) 1.00
Sex
 Male 41 (45.6) 52 (57.8) 0.61 (0.34–1.10)
 Female 49 (54.4) 38 (42.2) 1.00
Marital status
 Currently married 28 (31.1) 47 (52.2) 1.00
 Others 62 (68.9) 43 (47.8) 2.42 (1.32–4.45)*
Educational status
 Illiterate 11 (12.2) 22 (24.4) 0.43 (0.19–1.95)
 Literate 79 (87.8) 68 (75.6) 1.00
Occupation
 Employed for cash 16 (17.8) 13 (14.4) 1.28 (0.58–2.84)
 Not employed 74 (82.2) 77 (85.6) 1.00
Religion
 Muslim 8 (8.9) 21 (23.3) 1.00
 Orthodox Christian 64 (71.1) 65 (72.2) 2.6 (1.07–6.30)*
 Protestant 18 (20) 4 (4.4) 12 (3.04–45.80)#x0002A;
Monthly family income (ETB)
 ≤500 37 (44) 44 (59.5) 1.00
 501–1,000 24 (28.6) 24 (32.4) 0.85 (0.58–2.40)
 >1,000 23 (27.4) 6 (8.1) 4.5 (1.67–12.38)*

Notes:

*

Variables that showed significant association during bivariate analysis at p<0.25, COR.

Abbreviations: MDR-TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; TB, tuberculosis; ETB, Ethiopian Birr; COR, crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.