Table 3.
Association of sociodemographic characteristics with TB status in non-IPT group in Arba Minch hospital, 2010
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Groups | Non-IPT group (n=133)
|
RR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB positive number (%) | TB negative number (%) | |||
| Sex | Male | 19 (29.7) | 45 (70.3) | 1.00 |
| Female | 18 (26.1) | 51 (73.9) | 0.88 (0.51, 1.52) | |
| Age | 0–14 yr | 6 (33.3) | 12 (66.7) | 1.00 |
| 15–24 yr | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 0.92 (0.32, 2.62) | |
| 25–34 yr | 13 (25.0) | 39 (75.0) | 0.75 (0.34, 1.68) | |
| ≥35 yr | 14 (28.0) | 36 (72.0) | 0.84 (0.38, 1.85) | |
| Marital status | Single | 9 (30.0) | 21 (70.0) | 1.00 |
| Married | 17 (23.0) | 57 (77.0) | 0.77 (0.38, 1.52) | |
| Others | 11 (37.9) | 18 (62.1) | 1.26 (0.62, 2.59) | |
| Educational status | Illiterate | 15 (28.3) | 38 (71.7) | 1.00 |
| Primary | 14 (29.2) | 34 (70.8) | 1.03 (0.56, 1.96) | |
| Secondary and above | 8 (25.0) | 24 (75.0) | 0.88 (0.42, 1.85) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 21 (25.3) | 62 (74.4) | 1.00 |
| Protestant | 9 (6.7) | 28 (21.0) | 0.96 (0.49, 1.89) | |
| Others | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | 2.13 (1.14, 3.97) | |
| Total | 37 (27.8) | 96 (72.2) | ||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; TB, tuberculosis; IPT, isoniazid prevention therapy; RR, relative risk; yr, year.