Table 3.

Risk Factors of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Southern Ethiopia, February 2017

Variables		Case	Controls	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Occupation	Employed	28	86
	Farmer	39	80	0.5 (0.2–1.2)	2.5 (0.8–8.3)	0.13
	Student	10	58	1.5 (0.8–2.7)	0.6 (0.1–3.3)	0.55
	Other	7	19	1.1 (0.4–3.0)	0.3 (0.1–1.4)	0.12
Educational status	Illiterate	36	37	4.2 (2.4–7.3)	2.2 (0.7–6.7)	0.16
	Literate	48	205
Contact with DR-TB	Yes	12	15	2.5 (1.1–5.7)	6.8 (1.8–25.3)	< 0.01
	No	72	228
Number of rooms in the house	1	35	26	6.0 (3.3–10.8)	6.8 (1.8–25.8)	< 0.01
	≥2	49	217
History of imprisonment	Yes	5	5	3.0 (0.9–10.7)	2.3 (0.2–27.1)	0.52
	No	79	238
Previous TB treatment outcome	Treatment complete	17	12
	Treatment failure	26	11	1.7 (0.6–4.6)	4.2 (1.1–15.5)	0.03
	Relapse	25	8	2.2 (0.7–6.5)	4.8 (1.3–18.1)	0.02
	Defaulter	9	4	1. 6 (0.4–6.4)	3.0 (0.5–17.3)	0.22

Abbreviations: DR-TB, drug-resistant tuberculosis; TB, tuberculosis; COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.