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. 2017 Apr 24;61(5):e02464-16. doi: 10.1128/AAC.02464-16

TABLE 3.

Factors influencing drug concentrationsa

Type of analysis and factor RMP
INH
PZA
β 95% CI P value β 95% CI P value β 95% CI P value
Univariate analysis
    Gender −0.334 −0.664 to −0.005 0.047 −0.311 −0.746 to 0.123 0.160 −2.779 −4.115 to −1.442 <0.001
    Age 0.015 0.004 to 0.027 0.007 0.036 0.022 to 0.051 <0.001 0.052 0.006 to 0.098 0.026
    Smoker −0.083 −0.414 to 0.248 0.621 0.294 −0.142 to 0.730 0.186 −0.298 −1.646 to 1.050 0.664
    Alcohol user −0.175 −0.492 to 0.142 0.279 0.175 −0.242 to 0.593 0.411 −0.071 −1.362 to 1.219 0.914
    Smear status −0.150 −0.514 to 0.214 0.420 0.141 −0.349 to 0.630 0.573 −0.426 −1.925 to 1.074 0.578
    Diabetes mellitus −0.092 −0.456 to 0.271 0.619 −0.960 −1.437 to −0.483 <0.001 −3.255 −4.727 to −1.783 <0.001
    Body wt −0.016 −0.029 to −0.002 0.025 −0.074 −0.102 to −0.067 <0.001 −0.281 −0.335 to −0.227 <0.001
    Baseline INH susceptibilityb NA NA NA 0.699 −0.584 to 1.982 0.285 NA NA NA
    Type of TB 0.002 −0.322 to 0.325 0.992 0.789 0.364 to 1.215 <0.001 1.668 0.353 to 2.984 0.013
    Category of ATT 0.080 −0.375 to 0.536 0.730 0.024 −0.577 to 0.625 0.938 −1.150 −3.004 to 0.705 0.224
    Drug dose 0.175 0.078 to 0.271 <0.001 0.398 0.322 to 0.473 <0.001 0.520 0.428 to 0.613 <0.001
Multivariate analysis
    Gender −0.442 −0.782 to −0.102 0.011 NA NA NA −3.161 −4.499 to −1.823 <0.001
    Age 0.020 0.009 to 0.032 <0.001 0.051 0.036 to 0.066 <0.001 0.122 0.073 to 0.170 <0.001
    Diabetes mellitus NA NA NA −1.006 −1.511 to −0.501 <0.001 −2.676 −4.233 to −1.119 0.001
    Body wt NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
    Type of TB NA NA NA NS NS NS NS NS NS
    Drug dose 0.171 0.075 to 0.268 <0.001 0.375 0.298 to 0.451 <0.001 0.482 0.387 to 0.576 <0.001
a

NS, not significant; NA, not applicable; β, regression coefficient, which indicates the change per 1 unit.

b

This factor was tested against INH concentrations only.