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. 2019 Apr 1;2019:1503219. doi: 10.1155/2019/1503219

Table 4.

Bivariate analysis of treatment outcome with socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of TB patients attending public hospitals of Harar town, Eastern Ethiopia, 2017 (n=1236).

Characteristics Treatment outcome
Successful Treatment Unsuccessful treatment P. value COR (95%CI)
Place of residence
 Urban 1075 (92.4%) 89(7.6%) 0.516 1.00
 Rural 68 (94.4%) 4(5.6%) 1.407 (0.502 - 3.947)
Sex
 Male 677 (91.6%) 62(8.4%) 0.161 1.00
 Female 466(93.8%) 31 (6.2%) 1.377 (0.880 - 2.153)
Age group
 1 - 14 years 62 (91.2%) 69 (8.8%) ≤ 0.001 1.00
 15 - 24 years 342(96.3%) 13(3.7%) 0.068 0.393 (0.144 - 1.072)
 25 - 34 years 339(93.4%) 24(6.6%) 0.512 0.732 (0.287 - 1.863)
 35 - 44 years 191(93.2%) 14(6.8%) 0.585 0.757 (0.279 - 2.055)
 45 - 54 years 107(89.9%) 12(10.1%) 0.779 1.159 (0.414 - 3.242)
 55 - 64 years 61(84.7%) 11(15.3%) 0.248 1.863 (0.648 - 5.355)
 >64 years 41(75.9%) 13(24.1%) 0.026 3.276 (1.153 - 9.313)
Pre-treatment weight
 < 20 Kg 18 (81.8%) 4(18.2%) 0.177 1.00
 20 - 29 Kg 27(90.0%) 3(10.0%) 0.074 2.863 (0.902 - 9.084)
 30 - 37 Kg 75 (88.2%) 10(11.8%) 0.576 1.432 (0.407 - 5.036)
 38 - 54 Kg 688(93.2%) 50(6.8%) 0.169 1.718 (0.795 - 3.714)
 >55 Kg 335 (92.8%) 26(7.2%) 0.793 0.936 (0.573 - 1.531)
Year of registration
 2011 285(91.3%) 27 (8.7%) 0.429 1.00
 2012 181(94.8%) 10(5.2%) 0.809 0.933 (0.534 - 1.632)
 2013 185(93.9%) 12 (6.1%) 0.112 0.544 (0.257 - 1.152)
 2014 226 (93.0%) 17 (7.0%) 0.213 0.639 (0.316 - 1.294)
 2015 266 (90.8%) 27(9.2%) 0.353 0.741 (0.394 - 1.395)
HIV status
 HIV positive 232 (82.3%) 50(17.7%) ≤ 0.001 1.00
 HIV negative 911(95.5%) 43(4.5%) 4.566 (2.963 - 7.036)
Patient category
 New cases 1111 (92.7%) 88 (7.3%) 0.169 1.00
 Re treatment 32 (86.5%) 5(13.5%) 0.507 (0.193 - 1.333)
Type of TB
 PTB + 377 (94.3%) 23 (5.8%) 0.188 1.00
 PTB - 323 (90.7%) 33 (9.3%) 0.253 0.730 (0.426 - 1.251)
 Extra PTB 443 (92.3%) 37 (7.7%) 0.421 1.223(0.749 - 1.998)