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. 2017 Apr 18;51:41. doi: 10.1590/S1518-8787.2017051006688

Table 4. Multiple analysis of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics associated with resistance in individuals with tuberculosis who underwent DST. State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, 2002 to 2012.

Characteristic Crude OR Adjusted OR


p OR 95%CI p OR 95%CI
Type of treatment            
New case   1     1  
Recurrence < 0.001 6.35 4.41–9.15 < 0.001 7.72 4.24–14.05
Re-entry after abandonment 0.001 2.38 1.44–3.92 0.001 3.91 1.81–8.43
Transfer 0.508 1.51 0.45–5.07 0.999    
Number of previous treatments*
No treatment   1        
1 < 0.001 5.13 3.48–7.56      
2 < 0.001 7.27 4.41–11.97      
≥ 3 < 0.001 16.13 6.90–37.70      
Alcohol            
Yes 0.022 1.57 1.07–2.32 0.933 1.03 0.55–1.92
No   1     1  
Smoking            
Yes < 0.001 5.02 2.99–8.45 < 0.001 3.93 1.98–7.79
No   1     1  
Sputum culture            
Positive 0.027 2.30 1.10–4.81 0.026 3.22 1.15–8.99
Negative   1     1  

DST: anti-tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing

* Variable is not part of the logistic regression model by collinearity.

N = 428 (27.2%)