Table 2.

The significant variables in the Cox multi-variable for the patient’s with TB in Mazandaran province during 2009–2015

Variable		Treatment Delay			Total Delay
		HR*	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P-value	HR	Hazard ratio (95% CI)	P-value
Age		0.996	0.994–0.999	0.007	0.997	0.994–0.999	0.008
Gender	Female(BL)
	Male	0.971	0.874–1.080	0.592	0.975	0.877–1.084	0.635
Type of pulmonary TB	Smear positive(BL)
	Smear negative	1.105	0.983–1.243	0.095	1.116	0.992–1.255	0.068
Prison status	Yes(BL)
	No	1.351	1.149–1.590	<0.001	0.722	0.614–0.849	<0.001
Nationality	Iranian (BL)
	Afghan	0.814	0.594–1.115	0.201	0.812	0.593–1.113	0.196
HIV test status	Known(BL)
	Unknown	1.287	1.132–1.463	<0.001	1.286	1.131–1.463	<0.001
Contact history	No(BL)
	Yes	0.929	0.806–1.071	0.309	0.929	0.806–1.071	0.309
	Unknown	0.675	0.605–0.753	<0.001	0.668	0.599–0.746	<0.001

^*HR: Hazard ratio