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Published in final edited form as: Glob Public Health. 2020 Sep 29;16(7):1088–1098. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1826049

Table 2.

Correlates of delayed TB treatment initiation¹

Characteristic		Prevalence n/N (%)	Crude PR (95% CI)	Adjusted PR (95% CI)
Depression	No	25/133 (18.8)	1.00	1.00
	Yes (≥10 on PHQ9)	20/47 (42.6)	2.26 (1.39–3.68)	2.09 (1.23–3.57)
HIV status	Negative	17/81 (21.0)	1.00	1.00
	Positive	28/99 (28.3)	1.35 (0.80–2.28)	1.17 (0.70–1.97)
Age		N/A	1.02 (0.99–1.03)	1.01 (0.99–1.03)
Gender	Male	29/116 (25.0)	1.00	1.00
	Female	16/64 (25.0)	1.00 (0.59–1.70)	0.93 (0.55–1.58)
Anxiety	No	19/95 (20.0)	1.00	1.00
	Yes (raw score ≥36 on ZUNG)	26/85 (30.6)	1.53 (0.91–2.56)	1.13 (0.66–1.92)

Delayed treatment initiation was defined as having TB symptom for more than 2 months