Table 1. Characteristics of patients with positive-culture for NTM and MTBC in a multilevel logistic regression model.
| NTM† |
MTBC‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | N | N | (%) | N | n | (%) | Crude OR | P value | aOR§ | (95% CI≠) | P value |
| Age* ≥50 | 228 | 45 | 19.7% | 180 | 22 | 12.2% | 1.77 | 0.020 | 1.67 | 1.02–2.74 | 0.044 |
| Gender, female | 228 | 123 | 53.9% | 180 | 86 | 47.8% | 1.28 | 0.255 | 1.10 | 0.56–2.34 | 0.657 |
| CD4** count <200 | 220 | 97 | 44.1% | 177 | 93 | 52.5% | 0.71 | 0.109 | 1.57 | 0.82–3.00 | 0.147 |
| BMI <18.5 | 214 | 70 | 32.7% | 180 | 71 | 39.4% | 0.75 | 0.346 | 1.30 | 0.64–2.62 | 0.438 |
| Hgb <10 mg/dl | 191 | 30 | 15.7% | 156 | 49 | 31.4% | 0.41 | 0.024 | 0.26 | 0.09–0.73 | 0.016 |
| TB Symptoms | |||||||||||
| Cough | 220 | 152 | 69.1% | 180 | 145 | 80.6% | 0.54 | 0.066 | 0.71 | 0.23–2.17 | 0.527 |
| Fever | 219 | 52 | 23.7% | 180 | 87 | 48.3% | 0.33 | 0.003 | 0.48 | 0.17–1.35 | 0.152 |
| Night sweats | 220 | 57 | 25.9% | 180 | 84 | 46.7% | 0.40 | 0.007 | 0.94 | 0.30–2.97 | 0.916 |
| Weight loss | 221 | 93 | 42.1% | 180 | 123 | 68.3% | 0.34 | 0.005 | 0.64 | 0.26–1.58 | 0.313 |
| History of TB, Yes | 218 | 27 | 12.4% | 180 | 23 | 12.8% | 0.96 | 0.896 | 1.60 | 0.47–5.49 | 0.440 |
| Smear microscopy | 228 | 14 | 6.1% | 180 | 98 | 54.4% | 0.05 | <0.001 | 0.04 | 0.02–0.10 | <0.001 |
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* Median age among patients with NTM and MTBC = 37 years.
** Median CD4 among patients with NTM and MTBC were 233 and 190, respectively. And CD4 <50 among patients with NTM and MTBC, respectively, with available data were 14.5% (32/220) and 11.9% (21/177), unOR = 1.26, P = 0.435.
† Non-tuberculous mycobacteria = NTM
‡ Mycobacterium tuberculous complex = MTBC
§ Adjusted odds ratio = aOR
≠ Confidence interval = CI