Table 2. Associated factors of tuberculosis among HIV positive patients in Arba Minch General hospital, South Ethiopia during the study period (March to May, 2016).
| Predictors | Pulmonary Tuberculosis Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | COR[CI] | AOR[CI] | P-value | ||
| No (%) | No (%) | |||||
| Age | 18-30 | 3(1.0) | 59(20.3) | 1.6[0.25-10.08] | 1.2[0.26- 5.50] | 0.62 |
| 31-40 | 8(2.7) | 116(39.9) | 1.31[0.25-6.86] | 0.87[0.179-4.22] | 0.75 | |
| 41-50 | 9(3.1) | 70(24.1) | 0.62[0.13-2.99] | 0.76[0.05-12] | 0.54 | |
| ˃50 | 1(0.34) | 25(8.6) | 1.00 | |||
| Sex | Male | 3(1.0) | 80(2.7) | 1.00 | ||
| Female | 18(6.2) | 190(65.3) | 1.789[0.58- 5.48] | 1.25[0.242- 6.45] | 0.30 | |
| Smoking | Yes | 5(1.7) | 8(2.7) | 1.00 | ||
| No | 16(5.5) | 262(90.0) | 8.64 [2.59-13.05] | 4.019[0.01-0.16]) | 0.01 | |
| Alcohol drinking | Yes | 9(3.0) | 65(22.3) | 0.42 [0.17-1.04] | 0.49[0.13-1.78] | 0.06 |
| No | 12(4.1) | 205(70.4) | 1.00 | |||
| Asthma | Yes | 3(1.0) | 5(1.7) | 1.01[0.12-8.13] | 0.199[0.00-4.42] | 0.99 |
| No | 18(6.2) | 265(91.1) | 1.00 | |||
| Nutritional Status | Very good | 1(0.34) | 5(1.7) | 1.00 | ||
| Good | 1(0.34) | 22(7.5) | 1.23 [0.52- 2.92] | 0.43 [0.27-0.68] | 0.92 | |
| Not good | 19(6.5) | 243(83.5) | 3.45[0.185-11.48] | 0.45[0.285-9.48] | 0.72 | |
| Diabetic Mellitus | Yes | 1(0.34) | 21(7.2) | 0.08 [0.03-0.24] | 0.02[0.00-0.12] | 0.00 |
| No | 20(6.8) | 249(85.6) | 1.00 | |||
| Previous History of TB | Yes | 9(3.0) | 76(26.1) | 2.17[0.03-0.75] | 6.13 [1.7-3.05] | 0.02 |
| No | 12(4.1) | 194(66.7) | 1.00 | |||
| Presence of TB in Family | Yes | 5(1.7) | 26(8.9) | 2.34 [2.11-14.80] | 1.76[1.10-5.60] | 0.070 |
| No | 16(5.4) | 244(83.8) | 1.00 | |||
| History of Respiratory Tract Infections | Yes | 6(2.1) | 106(36.4) | 1.00[0.40-2.50] | 0.40[0.10-1.60] | 0.99 |
| No | 15(5.2) | 16(5.5) | 1.00 | |||
| HIV Case | On ART | 19(6.5) | 264(90.7) | 1.74 [2.59-13.05] | 0.92[0.89-.6] | 0.21 |
| Pre ART | 2(0.68) | 6(2.1) | 1.00 | |||
| CD4 Count | <200/μl | 9(3.1) | 54(18.6) | 11.04(4.23- 79.11) | 9.04[4.23- 79.11] | 0.01 |
| 200-500/μl | 10(3.4) | 148(50.9) | 7.627(0.881-49.859) | 2.24[1.01-27.13] | ||
| >500/μl | 2(0.69) | 68(23.3) | 1.00 | |||