Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of the potential factors influence hospitalization rates of the 356 TB patients

Independent variables	β	SE	P-value	OR	95% CI
Gender (Compare with female)	0.412	0.277	0.137	1.510	0.877–2.599
Age (Compare with <30)			0.167	1.000
Age 30–44	0.038	0.440	0.931	1.039	0.438–2.460
Age 45–59	0.757	0.394	0.054	2.132	0.986–4.611
Age 60+	0.380	0.383	0.322	1.462	0.689–3.099
Occupation (Compare with Mental labourer)			0.304	1.000
Manual labourer	0.352	0.533	0.509	1.422	0.501–4.037
Retire	0.707	0.542	0.192	2.027	0.701–5.864
Unknown	1.018	0.718	0.156	2.768	0.678–11.297
Patient category (Compare with new patients)	−0.043	0.380	0.909	0.958	0.455–2.015
Residence (Compare with native)	−0.038	0.249	0.878	0.962	0.591–1.567
Sputum smear test (Compare with Negative)	1.274	0.261	0.000	3.576	2.143–5.968
Health insurance (Compare with UEBMI)			0.012	1.000
URBMI	0.147	0.280	0.598	1.159	0.670–2.005
Student	3.397	1.177	0.004	29.865	2.976–1299.701
Without insurance	0.834	0.415	0.045	2.302	1.021–5.192