Table 2.
Association of sociodemographic characteristics with TB status in IPT group in Arba Minch hospital, 2010
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Groups | IPT group (n=138)
|
RR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB positive number (%) | TB negative number (%) | |||
| Sex | Male | 5 (10.4) | 43 (89.6) | 1.00 |
| Female | 7 (7.8) | 83 (92.2) | 0.75 (0.25, 2.23) | |
| Age | 0–14 yr | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.75) | 1.00 |
| 15–24 yr | 1 (7.7) | 12 (92.3) | 0.62 (0.04, 8.52) | |
| 25–34 yr | 3 (5.0) | 57 (95.0) | 0.40 (0.05, 3.4) | |
| ≥35 yr | 7 (12.3) | 50 (87.7) | 0.98 (0.14, 6.98) | |
| Marital status | Single | 3 (9.7) | 28 (90.3) | 1.00 |
| Married | 5 (6.6) | 71 (93.4) | 0.68 (0.17, 2.67) | |
| Others | 4 (12.9) | 27 (87.1) | 1.33 (0.32, 5.47) | |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 3 (7.5) | 37 (92.5) | 1.00 |
| Primary | 7 (14.9) | 40 (85.1) | 2.15 (0.51, 8.96) | |
| Secondary and above | 2 (3.9) | 49 (96.1) | 0.52 (0.09, 2.98) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 9 (9.7) | 84 (90.3) | 1.00 |
| Protestant | 2 (5.7) | 33 (94.3) | 0.59 (0.13, 2.60) | |
| Others | 1 (10.0) | 49 (90.0) | 1.03 (0.15, 7.34) | |
| Total | 12 (8.7) | 126 (91.3) | ||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; TB, tuberculosis; IPT, isoniazid prevention therapy; RR, relative risk; yr, year.