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. 2017 Nov 28;15:209. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0975-5

Table 4.

Association between TB/depressive episode groups and health status estimated by multivariable linear regression

TB (-) Depression (+) TB (+) Depression (-) TB (+) Depression (+)
b-coefficient (95% CI) P value b-coefficient (95% CI) P value b-coefficient (95% CI) P value
Mobility 15.92 (14.81–17.04) <0.0001 8.63 (6.55–10.71) <0.0001 27.80 (23.60–31.99) <0.0001
Self-care 11.96 (10.78–13.13) <0.0001 5.34 (3.20–7.48) <0.0001 23.80 (19.11–28.49) <0.0001
Pain/discomfort 18.70 (17.39–20.00) <0.0001 10.27 (8.24–12.30) <0.0001 30.41 (26.97–33.84) <0.0001
Cognition 16.55 (15.26–17.83) <0.0001 8.63 (6.35–10.91) <0.0001 24.24 (20.19–28.28) <0.0001
Interpersonal activities 12.69 (11.53–13.86) <0.0001 4.41 (2.34–6.48) <0.0001 19.45 (14.81–24.09) <0.0001
Sleep/energy 19.61 (18.37–20.85) <0.0001 10.32 (7.94–12.70) <0.0001 29.99 (25.30–34.68) <0.0001

Reference category is TB (-) Depression (-)

Health status was the outcome and scores ranged from 0 to 100 with higher scores corresponding to worse health status

Models are adjusted for age, sex, education, wealth, household size, location, smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index, diabetes, and country

TB tuberculosis, CI confidence interval