Table 2.

Treatment outcomes in children with tuberculosis: children aged 0–4 years versus 5–14 years

	Total (N = 1282) n (%)	0–4 years (N = 583) n (%)	5–14 years (N = 699) n (%)	Crude odds ratio (95% CI)	P value
Success	814 (63.5)	330 (56.6)	484 (69.2)	0.58 (0.46, 0.73)	< 0.001
Transfer	209 (16.3)	113 (19.4)	96 (13.7)	1.51 (1.12, 2.03)	0.006
Loss to follow-up	167 (13.0)	93 (16.0)	74 (10.6)	1.60 (1.15, 2.22)	0.004
Death	52 (4.1)	24 (4.1)	28 (4.0)	1.03 (0.59, 1.79)	0.999
Failure	3 (0.2)	1 (0.2)	2 (0.3)	0.60 (0.05, 6.62)	0.999
Missing data	37 (2.9)	22 (3.8)	15 (2.1)	–	–

CI confidence interval