Table 3.
Risk factors associated with tuberculosis (n = 290)
| Characteristics | Total | TB status | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TB patients (N = 96) N (%) |
Controls (N = 194) N (%) |
COR (95% CI) | p values | AOR (95% CI) | p values | ||
| Vit D deficient | |||||||
| Yes | 96 | 59 (61.5) | 37 (38.5) | 2.5 (1.5–4.2) | <0.001 | 3.3 (1.8–6.0) | <0.001 |
| No | 194 | 75 (38.7) | 119 (61.3) | 1 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 141 | 57 (40.4) | 84 (59.6) | 1.9 (1.2–3.2) | 0.010 | 2.5 (1.4–4.3) | 0.001 |
| Female | 149 | 39 (26.2) | 110 (73.8) | 1 | |||
| Residence | |||||||
| Rural | 110 | 34 (30.9) | 76 (69.1) | 1 | |||
| Urban | 180 | 62 (34.4) | 118 (65.6) | 1.2 (0.7–2.0) | 0.535 | 0.8 (0.4–1.4) | 0.427 |
| Age group | |||||||
| <15 | 81 | 13 (16.0) | 68 (84.0) | 1 | |||
| 15–24 | 60 | 27 (45.0) | 33 (55.0) | 4.3 (2.0–9.4) | <0.001 | 4.5 (2.0–10.2) | <0.001 |
| 25–34 | 63 | 30 (47.6) | 33 (52.4) | 4.8 (2.2–10.3) | <0.001 | 4.3 (1.9–9.6) | <0.001 |
| 35–44 | 37 | 10 (27.0) | 27 (73.0) | 1.9 (0.8–4.9) | 0.167 | 1.4 (0.5–3.8) | 0.475 |
| 45–54 | 23 | 6 (26.1) | 17 (73.9) | 1.8 (0.6–5.6) | 0.276 | 1.3 (0.4–4.2) | 0.662 |
| 55+ | 26 | 10 (38.5) | 16 (61.5) | 3.3 (1.2–8.8) | 0.019 | 2.0 (0.7–5.6) | 0.203 |
N number, TB tuberculosis, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, Vit D vitamin D, CI confidence interval