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. 2020 Aug 14;15(8):e0236362. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236362

Table 4. Associations of TB/HIV co-infection and contact history with MDR-TB among study participants in the Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, July 2018 to August 2019.

Variables Non-MDR-TB (%) (n = 189) MDR-TB (%) (n = 38) OR (95% Cl) P-value
TB patient history in family
No 144 (76.2) 26 (68.4) 1
Yes 45 (23.8) 12 (31.6) 1.48 (0.69–3.16) 0.316
History of TB close contact
No 149 (78.8) 25 (65.8) 1
Yes 40 (21.2) 13 (34.2) 1.94 (0.91–4.12) 0.086
History of MDR-TB contact
No 176 (93.1) 33 (86.8) 1
Yes 13 (6.9) 5 (13.2) 2.05 (0.69–6.14) 0.199
Diabetes mellitus status
No 183 (96.8) 36 (94.7) 1
Yes 6 (3.2) 2 (5.3) 1.69 (0.33–8.73) 0.528
HIV status
Negative 156 (82.5) 30 (79) 1
Positive 33 (17.5) 8 (21) 1.26 (0.53–3) 0.600
History of prison
No 163 (86.2) 34 (89.5) 1
Yes 26 (13.8) 4 (10.5) 0.74 (0.24–2.25) 0.593