Table 5.
Summary of the variables associated with cavity in the models of multivariate regression analysis with 48 indices and cases with only men (n = 114) or women (n = 114) or in combination (n = 228)
| Variables in the equation | Sig. | OR | 95% CI for OR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||||||||||
| Combined | Male | Female | Combined | Male | Female | Combined | Male | Female | Combined | Male | Female | |
| BMI | / | 0.004 | / | / | 0.516 | / | / | 0.330 | / | / | 0.807 | / |
| SputumSmear (1+) | 0.012 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | |||
| SputumSmear(2+) | 0.637 | / | / | 1.308 | / | / | 0.430 | / | / | 3.981 | / | / |
| SputumSmear(3+) | 0.012 | / | / | 5.913 | / | / | 1.480 | / | / | 23.621 | / | / |
| SputumSmear(4+) | 0.007 | / | / | 26.806 | / | / | 2.468 | / | / | 291.155 | / | / |
| RDWCV | 0.001 | / | / | 2.509 | / | / | 1.464 | / | / | 4.302 | / | / |
| HGB (g/L) | / | / | 0.009 | / | / | 0.928 | / | / | 0.877 | / | / | 0.981 |
| CRP (mg/L)a | 0.000 | / | / | 1.043 | / | / | 1.020 | / | / | 1.068 | / | / |
| ESR (mm/h)a | / | 0.010 | / | / | 1.076 | / | / | 1.018 | / | / | 1.138 | / |
| PCT (%) | 0.000 | 0.004 | / | 0.000 | 0.000 | / | 0.000 | 0.000 | / | 0.000 | 0.000 | / |
| PT (s) | / | / | 0.046 | / | / | 2.242 | / | / | 1.016 | / | / | 4.951 |
| C4 (g/L) | / | 0.016 | / | / | 1.34E+10 | / | / | 75.786 | / | / | 2.38E+18 | / |
| TBAb(+)b | 0.008 | / | / | 4.372 | / | / | 1.469 | / | / | 13.010 | / | / |
BMI body mass index, RDW-CV red blood cell distribution width-coefficient of variation, HGB haemoglobin, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, PCT plateletcrit, PT prothrombin time, C4 complement component 4, TBAb anti-TB antibody response
ORs are calculated from binary logistic analysis (forward stepwise, conditional); italicized numbers indicated a P value of <0.05
aIndices with P value < 0.05 but OR ratio close to 1
bIndices with P < 0.05, but the value of OR ratio (95% CI) includes/is close to 1.000