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. 2020 Jul 29;15(7):e0236743. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236743

Table 3. Baseline characteristics of the household and risk factors for incident TB disease among household contacts of adult pulmonary TB patients in India.

Household Characteristics Overall iTBD IR/1000 PY (95% CI) Univariate IRR (95% CI) p-value Adjusted IRR (95% CI) (Overall model) p-value
Denominators 997 20          
Family size 5 (4–6) 5 (4.5–7) NA 1.09 (0.94–1.26) 0.25 Not included
Family type           Not included  
Nuclear 647 (65%) 13 (65%) 12 (7–21) 1
Joint 350 (35%) 7 (35%) 13 (5–26) 1.02 (0.41–2.56) >0.95    
Residing in slum Not included
Yes 262 (27%) 7 (35%) 18 (7–37) 1.65(0.66–4.14) 0.29
No 716 (73%) 13 (65%) 11 (6–19) 1
Residence type            
Urban 687 (69%) 17 (85%) 16 (9–26) 2.86 (0.84–9.75) 0.09 5.03 (1.02–24.75) 0.05
Rural 310 (31%) 3 (15%) 6 (1–16) 1   1  
Windows (median) 2 (1–3) 2 (1–2.5) NA 0.85 (0.64–1.12) 0.25 Not included
Family income (Rupees)              
<10000 412 (43%) 8 (53%) 12 (5–24) 1 1
10000–30000 510 (53%) 6 (40%) 7 (3–16) 0.58 (0.20–1.67) 0.31 0.90 (0.28–2.90) 0.85
>30000 33 (4%) 1 (7%) 21 (1–118) 1.72 (0.22–13.77) 0.61 5.16 (0.39–68.62) 0.21
Sleep indexa
Different room 276 (30%) 3 (15%) 6 (1–18) 1 1
Same room/same bed 397 (42%) 10 (50%) 23 (11–42) 3.60 (0.99–13.07) 0.05 2.10 (0.38–11.56) 0.39
same room/different bed 276 (29%) 7 (35%) 11 (5–23) 1.78 (0.46–6.89) 0.4 0.69 (0.12–3.97) 0.68

TBD = TB disease.

a. Sleep location of adult pulmonary TB index patient.