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. 2018 Dec 26;13(12):e0209098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209098

Table 6. Association between being diagnosed with tuberculosis with presence of tuberculosis-related symptoms.

Symptoms N of cases Un-Adjusted OR Un-Adjusted 95%CI p-value Adjusted OR Adjusted 95%CI p-value
Coughing 175 7.91 (6.29, 9.93) < 0.0001 3.75 (2.74, 5.15) < .0001
Cough > 2 weeks 147 13.70 (10.92, 17.19) < 0.0001      
Cough < 2weeks 28 1.13 (0.77, 1.67) 0.5302      
Cough with sputum 112 11.00 (8.69, 13.92) < 0.0001 2.72 (1.95, 3.79) < .0001
Hemoptysis(Blood Cough) 18 10.43 (6.41, 16.98) < 0.0001 1.06 (0.62, 1.8) 0.8452
Weight loss 41 6.06 (4.34, 8.45) < 0.0001 2.36 (1.62, 3.45) < .0001
Drenching night sweats 85 2.95 (2.29, 3.79) < 0.0001 1.18 (0.87, 1.6) 0.2999
Fatigue 77 2.63 (2.03, 3.4) < 0.0001 1.05 (0.77, 1.44) 0.7672
Fever 62 3.03 (2.29, 4.01) < 0.0001 1.22 (0.87, 1.7) 0.2431
Shortness of Breath 45 3.05 (2.22, 4.19) < 0.0001 1.29 (0.91, 1.82) 0.1473
Chest pain 128 3.01 (2.39, 3.78) < 0.0001 1.11 (0.85, 1.47) 0.4439
Other symptoms 12 2.29 (1.28, 4.09) 0.0040 1.13 (0.61, 2.07) 0.7056
Total symptomatic 225 4.53 (3.51, 5.85) < 0.0001 4.48 (3.46, 5.81) < .0001