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. 2020 Nov 10;13:4031–4038. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S277477

Table 3.

Factors Associated with MDR TB and Anti-TB Drug Resistance in Makkah, KSA

Variables MDR Tuberculosis Anti-TB Drug-Resistant TB
Crude OR (95% Confidence Interval)
p-value
Adjusted¥ OR (95% Confidence Interval)
p-value
Crude OR (95% Confidence Interval)
p-value
Adjusted¥  OR (95% Confidence Interval)
p-value
Age 1.01 (0.97–1.04) 0.732 1.094 (1.016–1.179) 0.017* 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 0.297 1.04 (1.004–1.071) 0.029*
Gender
 Male
 Female

1
0.65 (0.13–3.32)


0.602



1
0.99 (0.41–2.38)


0.980


Nationality
 Saudi
 Non-Saudi

1
1.58 (0.36–6.85)


0.541



1
0.58 (0.25–1.35)


0.206


Residence
 Makkah
 Other

1
0.00 (0.00–0.00)


0.998



1
0.16 (0.02–1.26)


0.082
Smoking
 Never
 Ever

1
12.0 (1.42–101.62)


0.023

1
72.1 (2.41–2157.8)


0.014*

1
1.83 (0.74–4.54)


0.192

1
2.14 (0.79–5.82)


0.136
BMI
 Normal
 Underweight
 Overweight/obese

1
2.59 (0.24–27.66)
1.80 (0.38–8.37)


0.430
0.456



1
2.18 (0.49–9.64)
1.39 (0.57–3.37)


0.305
0.471

1
3.90 (0.69–22.06)
1.57 (0.56–4.38)


0.124
0.390
Chronic disease
 No
 Yes

1
0.20 (0.02–1.64)


0.133

1
0.20 (0.001–0.37)


0.009*

1
0.56 (0.23–1.38)


0.210

1
0.45 (0.14–1.46)


0.184
TB site
 Pulmonary
 Extrapulmonary

1
2.30 (0.43–12.2)


0.329




1
0.78 (0.21–2.88)


0.715


Lung disease
 No
 Yes

1
2.92 (031–27.10)


0.346

1
43.08 (1.06–1746.9)


0.046*

1
0.68 (0.08–5.78)


0.725


Previous TB
 No
 Yes

1
7.6 (1.60–36.0)


0.011

1
55.4 (3.26–941.4)


0.005*

1
1.36 (0.35–5.26)


0.652

1
2.29 (0.46–11.36)


0.310

Notes: ¥Mutually adjusted for each other. *p-value <0.05. – not included in the multivariate model.