Table 2.
Univariable logistic regression analysis of potential predictors of tuberculosis death
| Predictors | Overall N = 2250 |
Dead patients N = 213 (%) |
Treatment success N = 2037 (%) |
Crude OR (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.914 | ||||
| Male | 1286 (57.2) | 121 (56.8) | 1165 (57.2) | 0.94 (0.74–1.31) | |
| Female | 964 (42.8) | 92 (43.2) | 872 (42.8) | 1 | |
| Age, years | 35.8 (12.7) | 42.4 (13.5) | 35.1 (12.4) | 1.04 (1.03–1.05) | <0.0001 |
| Adjusted BMI, kg/m2 | 21.4 (4.0) | 19.2 (4.9) | 21.6 (3.9) | 0.83 (0.80–0.87) | <0.0001 |
| Initial hospitalization | |||||
| Yes | 1363 (60.6) | 146 (68.5) | 1217 (59.7) | 1.47 (1.08–1.99) | 0.012 |
| No | 887 (39.4) | 67 (31.7) | 820 (40.3) | 1 | |
| Clinical form | <0.0001 | ||||
| PTB+ | 1527 (67.9) | 107 (50.2) | 1420 (69.7) | 1 | |
| PTB− | 210 (9.3) | 42 (19.7) | 168 (8.2) | 3.32 (2.24–4.91) | |
| ETB | 513 (22.8) | 64 (30.0) | 449 (22.0) | 1.89 (1.36–2.62) | |
| Type of patient | 0.393 | ||||
| New cases | 2119 (94.2) | 199 (93.4) | 1920 (94.3) | 1 | |
| Retreatment | 106 (4.7) | 13 (6.1) | 93 (4.6) | 1.35 (0.74–2.4) | |
| Other | 25 (1.1) | 1 (0.5) | 24 (1.2) | 0.40 (0.05–2.99) | |
| HIV serology | |||||
| Positive | 788 (35.0) | 149 (69.9) | 639 (31.4) | 5.09 (3.74–6.93) | <0.0001 |
| Negative | 1462 (65.0) | 64 (30.0) | 1398 (68.6) | 1 |
OR odds ratio, BMI body mass index adjusted by divided weight by the square of 1.70m for men and 1.60m for women, SD standard deviation, PTB+ smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, PTB- smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis, ETB extra-pulmonary tuberculosis