Table 3.
Bivariate and Multivariate Analysis (N=384) That Shows the Relationship Between Clinical Characteristics and Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Debremarkos Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, February–May, 2019
| Clinical X-stics | TB Negative | TB Positive | COR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fever | Yes | 218 (92.4%) | 18 (7.63%) | 2.97 (0.98–8.96) | 0.04S | 12.19 (3.05–48.7) | ≤0.001S |
| No | 144 (97.3%) | 4 (2.7%) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Night sweet | Yes | 74 (84.1%) | 14 (15.91%) | 6.81 (2.75–16.84) | ≤ 0.001S | 15.24 (4.2–55.22) | ≤0.001S |
| No | 288 (97.3%) | 8 (2.7%) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Weakness | Yes | 311 (93.4%) | 20 (6.04%) | 1.63 (0.37–7.22) | 0.51 | ||
| No | 51 (96.2%) | 2 (3.77%) | 1 | ||||
| Weight loss | Yes | 147 (87.5%) | 21 (12.5%) | 30.71 (4.1–231) | ≤0.001S | 307.8 (32–2980) | ≤0.001S |
| No | 215 (99.5%) | 1 (0.46%) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Loss of appetite | Yes | 211 (92.1%) | 18 (7.86%) | 3.22 (1.06–9.70) | 0.02S | 10.32 (2.5–42.2) | 0.01S |
| No | 151 (97.4%) | 4 (2.58%) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sample | Muco-salivary | 153 (98%) | 4 (2.55%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mucoid | 113(91%) | 11 (8.87%) | 3.72 (1.15–11.99) | 0.02S | 3.76 (1.2–12.2) | 0.02S | |
| Gastric lavage | 96 (93.2%) | 7 (6.8%) | 2.79 (0.79–9.79) | 0.11 | 2.59(0.7–9.16) | 0.14 | |
Abbreviations: s, statistically significant; TB, tuberculosis; COR, crud odd ratio; OR, adjusted odd ratio; CI, confidence interval.