Table 5. Factors associated with health system delay among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending selected health facilities of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 875).

Variables	Categories	Frequency		COR	AOR
		Health system delay ≤15	Health system delay>15
Type of diagnosis AFB	Yes	138	182	1.8(1.4–2.4)	0.75(0.47–1.2)
	No	323	232	1.00	1.00
GeneXpert	Yes	397	375	1.6(1–2.4)	1.2(.76–2)
	No	64	39	1.00	1.00
X-ray	Yes	176	222	1.9(1.4–2.5)	1.3(0.87–2)
	No	285	192	1.00	1.00
Educational status	Illiterate	184	165	2.1(0.91–2.9)	2.1(1.3–3.6)*
	Primary school	156	169	1.6(0.91–2.9)	1.4(.76–2.6)
	Secondary school	60	49	1.8(1.1–2.85)	1.7(1–2.9)
	College and above	61	31	1.00	1.00
Type of health facility first sought	Public hospital	225	142	1.00	1.00
	Health center	160	172	1.7(1.3–2.3)	1.3(1–1.9)*
	Private clinic	84	91	1.7(1.2–2.5)	1.5(1–2.2)*
HIV status	Positive	54	45	0.91(0.60–1.4)	0.91(.56–1.5)
	Negative	407	369	1.00	1.00
Number of health facility encounters	1	204	104	0.26(0.18-	0.21(0.2–0.46)*
	>1	257	310	0.37) 1.00	1.00
Patient delay	Yes	157	235	1.00	1.00
	No	304	179	0.39(0.3–0.52)	0.54(0.39–0.76)*

*statistically significant at p<0.05