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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 14;81:149–155. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.02.004

Table 2.

Crude Odd Ratio (OR) for demographic and clinical characteristics for MDR-TB.

Baseline characteristics (n = 214) MDR-TB n = 134 (%) Non MDR-TB n = 80 (%) Odds Ratio, 95% (CI) P-Value
Gender
Female 32 (23.88) 19 (23.75)
Male 102 (76.12) 61 (76.25) 0.99 (0.52–1.90) 0.98
Age
≤40 years 95 (70.90) 39 (48.75) 2.56 (1.44–4.55) <0.01*
>40 years 39 (29.10) 41 (51.25)
Marital status n = 133
Married 100 (75.19) 65 (80.25) 0.70 (0.35–1.39) 0.31
Single 33 (24.81) 15 (18.75)
HIV
Negative 120 (89.55) 70 (87.5)
Positive 14 (10.45) 10 (12.5) 0.82 (0.34–1.94) 0.65
Smoking
No 93 (69.40) 53 (66.25)
Yes 41 (30.60) 27 (33.75) 0.86 (0.48–1.56) 0.63
Last treatment result
Relapse 15 (11.20) 26 (32.50)
Failure 119 (88.80) 54 (67.50) 3.82 (1.87–7.79) <0.01*
Number of previous treatment
≤2 Series of treatment 123 (91.79) 62 (77.50) 3.25 (1.44–7.30) <0.01*
>2 Series of treatment 11 (8.21) 18 (22.50)
Sputum Smear result
Acid Fast Bacilli <3+ 48 (35.82) 42 (52.50)
Acid Fast Bacilli 3+ 86 (64.18) 38 (47.50) 1.98 (1.13–3.48) 0.02*
Hemoptysis
No 120 (89.55) 73 (91.25)
Yes 14 (10.45) 7 (8.75) 1.22 (0.47–3.15) 0.71
Alcohol
No 123 (91.80) 73 (91.25)
Yes 11 (8.20) 7 (8.75) 1.03 (0.67–1.51) 1.000
Contact with TB patient
No 102 (76.12) 71 (88.75)
Yes 32 (23.88) 9 (11.25) 2.48 (1.11–5.50) 0.02*
History of treatment interruption
No 107 (79.85) 64 (80.00)
Yes 27 (20.15) 16 (20.00) 1.01 (0.51–2.02) 0.98
Impaired physical condition
No 60 (44.78) 21 (26.25)
Yes 74 (55.22) 59 (73.75) 0.44 (0.24–0.80) <0.01*

n = Number of subjects included in the test CI = Confidence Interval.