Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate analysis using logistic regression to determine characteristics associated with positive stool Xpert (N=170).

Factor	Univariable OR (95% CI)	p-value	Multivariable OR (95% CI)	p-value
Age > 5 years	2.69 (0.86-8.40)	0.088	2.04 (0.56-7.47)	0.280
Male sex	0.75 (0.31-1.81)	0.528
Chest radiograph: cavities	10.35 (3.48-30.82)	<0.001	7.05 (2.16-22.98)	0.001
Chest radiograph: miliary	3.33 (0.77-14.35)	0.106
Chest radiograph: expansile pneumonia	7.10 (1.64-30.66)	0.009	3.97 (0.73-21.71)	0.112
Black ethnicity	0.61 (0.24-1.50)	0.280
HIV exposed [n=166]	0.77 (0.28-2.08)	0.604
HIV-infected	0.63 (0.18-2.26)	0.479
WAZ < -2	1.56 (0.65-3.71)	0.317
Any antibiotic treatment before TB sample collection	0.72 (0.30-1.71)	0.453
Stool processing method 2 vs method 1*	1.47 (0.62 - 3.51)	0.381

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; WAZ: weight-for-age Z-score according to UK growth charts 1990

^*See laboratory methods