Table 3.
Predictors of treatment outcome of childhood tuberculosis (TB)
| Characteristics | Treatment outcome | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Successful No (%) | Unfavorable No (%) | ORc (95% CI) | P value | ORa (95% CI) | P value | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Boys | 418 (51.4) | 256 (54.7) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| Girls | 396 (48.6) | 212 (45.3) | 0.87 (0.69, 1.09) | 0.248 | 0.89 (0.70, 1.12) | 0.327 |
| Age group | ||||||
| Under 5 | 330 (40.5) | 243 (54.1) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| 5–14 years | 485 (59.5) | 215 (45.9) | 1.72 (1.37, 2.17) | < 0.001 | 1.52 (1.16, 1.94) | 0.002 |
| Type of TB | ||||||
| PTBSP | 80 (9.8) | 28 (6.0) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| PTBSN | 445 (54.7) | 309 (66.0) | 1.98 (1.26, 3.12) | 0.003 | 1.51 (0.93, 2.47) | 0.092 |
| EPTB | 289 (35.5) | 131 (28.0) | 1.29 (0.80, 2.08) | 0.288 | 1.15 (0.71, 1.88) | 0.553 |
| New TB | ||||||
| No | 16 (2.0) | 7 (1.5) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| Yes | 798 (98.0) | 461 (98.5) | 0.75 (0.30, 1,95) | 0.542 | 0.98 (0.39, 2.54) | 0.990 |
| HIV status | ||||||
| Negative | 249 (30.6) | 142 (30.3) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| Positive | 7 (0.9) | 2 (0.4) | 1.01 (0.79, 1.30) | 0.887 | 0.98 (0.76, 1.27) | 0.926 |
| Unknown | 558 (68.6) | 324 (69.2) | 0.50 (0.10, 2.44) | 0.393 | 0.50 (0.10, 2.48) | 0.386 |
PTBSP pulmonary tuberculosis smear positive, PTBSN pulmonary tuberculosis smear-negative, EPTB extrapulmonary tuberculosis, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, ORc crude odds ratio, ORa adjusted odds ratio