Table 2. Association between TB infection and individual, household, and community-level predictors in children and adolescents in 9 rural communities in rural Uganda.

	OR(95% CI)	aOR (95%CI)†
Individual-level factors
Age
5–9	ref	ref
10–14	1.2 (0.9–1.8)	1.2 (0.9–1.8)
15–19	2.9 (2.0–4.1)****	3.1 (2.2–4.5)****
Gender
Male	ref	ref
Female	1.1 (0.8–1.4)	1.1 (0.8–1.4)
Lowest wealth tertile
Yes	1.9 (1.3–2.8)***	2.0 (1.3–2.9)***
HIV status
negative	ref	ref
positive	0.3 (0.1–1.2)*	0.2 (0.05–0.9)**
unknown/not tested	1.1 (0.5–1.8)	1.2 (0.7–2.0)
BCG vaccination	1.5 (0.7–3.0)
Mother with HIV (possible HIV-exposed uninfected child)▵	1.0 (0.6–1.6)
Household-Level Factors
Proxies of Household TB Transmission
Household TB contact	3.4 (1.3–8.9)**	3.2 (1.3–7.6)****
Mother's TST status ▵
negative	ref	ref
positive	2.3 (1.3–4.0)***	2.2 (1.2–3.9)***
unknown/mother not tested	1.6 (0.9–2.3)*	1.5 (0.9–2.6)
Another child (age<15 years) in household with positive TST Ω
0 children	ref	ref
1 or more child	7.4 (5.2–10.6)****	6.5 (4.6–9.2)****
Characteristics of Household Members
Household member with HIV	0.9 (0.7–1.3)
≥1 household member lives outside of community for 6 months or more	1.2 (0.8–1.8)
> = 1 household members drink alcohol	1.4 (1.0–1.9)**	1.4 (1.0–1.9)*
School and Community-Level Factors
Boarding School or attends school outside community	2.4 (1.4–3.6)****	1.7 (1.0–2.9)**
Occupation outside of home (age ≥15 years)	1.6 (1.0–2.5)**	1.2 (0.7–2.1)

OR = Odds Ratio; aOR = adjusted Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval; ref = reference group; BCG = Bacilli Calmette Guérin; TST = tuberculin skin test

^†adjusted by age, gender, wealth, HIV status, and household TB contact

▵Only available for children 5–11

* p-value: ≤0.1

**p-value: ≤0.05

***p-value: <0.01

****p-value: <0.001