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Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2016 Jul;20(7):948–954. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0759

Table 3.

Association between social conditions and treatment adherence (n = 551)

Variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Variables	aOR (95%CI)^*	aOR (95%CI)^*	aOR (95%CI)^*
Education
University or higher	1	1	1
High school	1.56 (0.76–3.18)	1.65 (0.80–3.41)	1.44 (0.69–3.00)
Middle school or lower, or refused to answer	2.32 (1.12–4.83)^†	2.39 (1.14–5.02)^†	1.91 (0.90–4.08)
Type of housing
Private	1	1	1
Shared	2.05 (1.00–4.19)	2.28 (1.11–4.72)^†	2.60 (1.22–5.56)^†
Occupation
Non-employment	1	1	1
Health care/professional/office worker	1.12 (0.46–2.75)	1.13 (0.46–2.79)	1.15 (0.46–2.85)
Service worker	2.27 (1.18–4.38)^†	2.33 (1.20–4.53)^†	1.93 (0.97–3.83)
Workers in the construction or manufacturing industries	2.39 (1.26–4.55)^‡	2.68 (1.40–5.15)^‡	2.10 (1.07–4.14)^†
Agriculture/aquaculture	0.82 (0.22–3.11)	0.91 (0.24–3.46)	0.73 (0.19–2.86)

Model 1 = adjusted for age, sex and place of residence; Model 2 = adjusted for Model 1 + diabetes mellitus, body mass index, treatment regimen and disease severity on chest X-ray; Model 3 = adjusted for Model 2 + smoking and alcohol.

^†

P < 0.05.

^‡

P < 0.01.

aOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.