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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2017 Jan 1;21(1):86–92. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0838

Table A.3. Subgroup analysis: factors associated with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case status in Almaty Region, Kazakhstan.

Model 1* Model 2* Model 3*



aOR (95%CI) P value aOR (95%CI) P value aOR (95%CI) P value
Sociodemographic
 Age 0.95 (0.92–0.99) 0.004 0.97 (0.94–0.99) 0.012 0.96 (0.94–0.99) 0.001
 Sex
  Male 1.30 (0.64–2.65) 0.469 0.76 (0.41–1.39) 0.368 0.90 (0.53–1.53) 0.691
  Female Reference Reference Reference
 Ethnicity
  Kazakh Reference Reference Reference
  Russian 0.11 (0.10–1.23) 0.073 0.12 (0.03–0.50) 0.004 0.17 (0.05–0.61) 0.006
  Other 0.12 (0.01–1.60) 0.109 0.83 (0.30–2.31) 0.719 0.64 (0.24–1.73) 0.376
 Education
  Vocational education or higher Reference Reference Reference
  High school or less 2.99 (1.39–6.42) 0.005 1.26 (0.66–2.38) 0.483 1.51 (0.88–2.59) 0.135
 Marital status
  Married Reference Reference Reference
  Divorced/separated 2.21 (0.73-6.65) 0.160 1.02 (0.43–2.41) 0.972 1.47 (0.71–3.04) 0.297
  Single, never married 2.03 (0.74-5.62) 0.172 0.95 (0.46–1.93) 0.882 1.32 (0.71–2.44) 0.377
Behavioural
 Incarceration
  Ever incarcerated 2.13 (0.41–11.13) 0.373 6.96 (1.03–46.81) 0.046 4.38 (1.07–17.98) 0.041
  Never incarcerated Reference Reference Reference
 Ever smoked tobacco
  Yes 2.55 (1.06–6.12) 0.036 3.22 (1.53–6.80) 0.002 2.75 (1.49–5.09) 0.001
  No Reference Reference Reference
 Ever used non-smoking tobacco
  Yes 1.69 (0.45–6.36) 0.438 2.49 (0.74–8.43) 0.141 1.96 (0.76–5.10) 0.166
  No Reference Reference Reference
 Ever drank alcohol
  Yes 0.75 (0.34–1.62) 0.457 0.70 (0.36–1.38) 0.304 0.90 (0.52–1.57) 0.709
  No Reference Reference Reference
 Used opium
  Yes Removed from the model 2.04 (0.02–187.93) 0.757 8.43 (0.26–278.74) 0.232
  No Reference Reference
 Ever smoked heroin
  Yes Removed from the model 0.14 (0.00–12.80) 0.398 0.11 (0.00–3.69) 0.215
  No Reference Reference
 Ever used marijuana
  Yes 2.82 (0.48–16.73) 0.253 0.87 (0.24–3.13) 0.830 1.60 (0.55–4.67) 0.391
  No Reference Reference Reference
 Ever injected drugs
  Yes Removed from the model 0.05 (0.00–92.29) 0.437 0.06 (0.00–5.12) 0.218
  No Reference Reference
Comorbidity
 HIV diagnosis
  Yes Removed from the model 8.48 (0.44–162.05) 0.156 13.23 (0.94–186.05) 0.056
  No Reference Reference
 Diabetes diagnosis
  Yes 53.95 (6.13–474.81) 0.000 27.60 (4.92–154.79) 0.000 33.05 (8.26–132.14) 0.000
  No Reference Reference Reference
χ2 = 71.45; P = 0.000 χ2 = 57.34; P = 0.000 χ2 = 98.84; P = 0.000
*

Model 1 compares TB cases to household controls; Model 2 compares TB cases to community controls; Model 3 compares TB cases to both household and community controls.

Statistically significant.

Ever diagnosed with disease.

aOR= adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.