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. 2020 Jul 25;20:543. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05243-9

Table 3.

Factors associated with treatment outcome among RIF-susceptible and RIF-resistant patients

RIF-susceptible Patients (252) RIF-resistant Patients (53)
Poor outcome Successful outcome OR (95% CI)* p * Poor outcome Successful outcome OR (95% CI)* p*
N = 53 N = 199 N = 25 N = 28
Age 15–24 4 28 0.49 (0.13, 1.56) 0.25 3 2 2.56 (0.29, 27.91) 0.41
25–34 16 55 ref 5 9 ref
35–44 11 39 0.97 (0.39, 2.33) 0.95 8 7 2.01 (0.44, 9.70) 0.37
45–54 13 44 1.02 (0.43, 2.35) 0.97 6 7 1.52 (0.31, 7.69) 0.61
55–64 8 22 1.25 (0.45, 3.33) 0.66 2 2 1.74 (0.14, 21.3) 0.65
65+ 1 11 0.32 (0.01, 2.07) 0.29 1 1 1.73 (0.04, 77.51) 0.75
Sex Male 45 141 2.31 (1.05, 5.53) 0.04 23 21 3.74 (0.74, 28.83) 0.11
Female 8 58 ref 2 7 ref
Employment Retired 10 39 3.01 (1.01, 9.54) 0.05 4 10 1.57 (0.22, 14.97) 0.68
Unemployed 37 89 4.89 (2.03, 13.38) < 0.01 19 10 7.19 (1.37, 57.69) 0.02
Employed 6 71 ref 2 8 ref
HIV Positive ** Yes 8 9 3.71 (1.31, 10.4) 0.01 6 0 < 0.01
No 45 189 ref 19 27
Health Care Worker Yes 2 4 1.91 (0.24, 11.04) 0.48 0 1 0.52
No 51 195 ref 25 27
Police Officer Yes 0 4 0.39 0 1 0.52
No 53 195 ref 25 27
Contact *** Yes 13 57 0.84 (0.40, 1.67) 0.63 13 8 3.17 (0.99, 10.68) 0.05
No 38 139 ref 10 20 ref
Previous TB history Yes 12 19 2.77 (1.24, 6.16) <.0001 6 7 0.95 (0.27, 3.32) 0.9
No 41 180 ref 19 21 ref
Previously Imprisoned# Yes 19 40 2.19 (1.12, 4.23) 0.02 12 5 4.12 (1.20, 15.7) 0.02
No 34 157 ref 13 23 ref
Homeless## Yes 4 2 7.91 (1.37, 63.3) 0.02 2 2 1.13 (0.11, 11.57) 0.91
No 49 196 ref 23 26 ref
Alcohol Yes 12 27 1.86 (0.84, 3.96) 0.12 8 8 1.17 (0.35, 3.92) 0.79
No 41 172 ref 17 20 ref
IDU### Yes 4 8 1.96 (0.50, 6.78) 0.31 5 1 6.86 (0.87, 175) 0.07
No 49 189 ref 19 27 ref
Smoke now Yes 46 146 2.38 (1.05, 6.02) 0.04 23 22 3.07 (0.58, 24.16) 0.20
No 7 53 ref 2 6 ref
Smoke ever$ Yes 49 162 3.62 (1.17, 15.38) 0.02 25 23 0.03
No 3 36 ref 0 5
Xpert Post-Xpert 20 94 0.68 (0.36, 1.26) 0.22 11 15 0.69 (0.23, 2.06) 0.50
Pre-Xpert 33 105 ref 14 13 ref
Cavity$$ Yes 29 65 2.6 (1.4, 4.8) 0.003 18 15 2.2 (0.7, 7.0) 0.17
No 23 134 ref 7 13 ref
TB presentation$$$ Pulmonary 47 184 0.96 (0.3, 3.0) 0.9 23 28 0.13
Any EPT 4 15 ref 2 0
Smear Pos 37 105 2.1 (1.1, 3.9) 0.03 24 22 6.5 (0.7, 58.7) 0.09
Neg 16 94 ref 1 6 ref
Any additional res to FLD& Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 23 19 3.6 (0.3, 37.8) 0.3
No 1 3 ref
Resistance to 4 FLD&& Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 16 11 2.0 (0.6, 6.6) 0.3
No 8 11 ref
Any SLD&&& Yes N/A N/A N/A N/A 8 13 0.4 (0.1, 1.5) 0.08
No 16 9 ref

* Conditional maximum likelihood estimate odds ratios and corresponding mid-exact p-values** HIV status was missing for 2 patients (1 RIF-susceptible; 1 RIF-resistant)*** Contact info was missing for 7 patients (5 RIF-susceptible; 2 RIF-resistant)# Prison history and smoking history were missing for 2 patients (RIF-susceptible)## Homeless status was missing for 1 patient (RIF-susceptible)### IDU history was missing for 3 patients (2 RIF-susceptible; 1 RIF-resistant)

$ Smoke ever was missing for 2 patients (RIF-susceptible)

$$ Cavity information was missing for 1 patient (RIF-susceptible)

$$$ TB presentation was missing for 2 patients (RIF-susceptible)

& Any additional resistance to first-line drugs (FLD) was missing for 7 patients (RIF-resistant)

&& Resistance to 4 FLD was missing for 7 patients (RIF-resistant)

&&& Resistance to any second-line drugs (SLD) was missing for 7 patients (RIF-resistant)