Table 2.

Univariable multinomial logistic regression models for factors associated with time from symptom onset to diagnosis among 5030 visceral leishmaniasis patients, Bihar State, India, January 2018 – July 2019.

Characteristic	Duration of symptoms prior to VL diagnosis
	30-59 days		60-89 days		≥90 days
	aOR (95%CI)	p-value	aOR (95%CI)	p-value	aOR (95%CI)	p-value
Age group
<15 years	0.73 (0.62-0.85)	0.0001	0.64 (0.52-0.80)	<.0001	0.41 (0.32-0.53)	<0.0001
15 to 35 years	0.88 (0.76-1.04)	0.1245	0.89 (0.72-1.09)	0.2562	0.68 (0.54-0.86)	0.001
>35 years	Referent		Referent		Referent
Sex
Male	0.98 (0.86-1.11)	0.7176	0.87 (0.73-1.04)	0.1205	1.19 (0.98-1.46)	0.0865
Female	Referent		Referent		Referent
Previously treated for VL1
Yes	1.04 (0.83-1.31)	0.7437	0.97 (0.71-1.33)	0.8538	1.10 (0.79-1.55)	0.5677
No	Referent		Referent		Referent
Caste type2
Marginalized	1.19 (1.04-1.37)	0.0102	0.93 (0.78-1.12)	0.4614	0.98 (0.8-1.21)	0.8698
Non-marginalized	Referent		Referent		Referent
House construction3
Kuccha	1.05 (0.92-1.20)	0.4367	0.83 (0.69-0.99)	0.0427	0.91 (0.75-1.12)	0.3764
Pucca or Semi-pucca	Referent		Referent		Referent
Mode of case detection
Active	0.90 (0.79-1.02)	0.0962	0.56 (0.47-0.68)	<.0001	0.41 (0.33-0.51)	<0.0001
Passive	Referent		Referent		Referent
ACD referral source
ASHA	1.31 (1.01-1.70)	0.0426	1.15 (0.78-1.71)	0.4785	0.85 (0.53-1.37)	0.5067
KBC	1.26 (0.98-1.62)	0.0717	1.13 (0.78-1.65)	0.5177	0.88 (0.56-1.38)	0.5704
Others	Referent		Referent		Referent
HIV infection status4
Positive	1.00 (0.69-1.46)	0.99	1.58 (1.02-2.44)	0.041	2.81 (1.85-4.26)	<0.0001
Negative	Referent		Referent		Referent

Intervals of 30-59, 60-89 and ≥90 days are compared to <30 days.

¹Data missing for 3 patients.

²Data missing for 12 patients.

³Data missing for 7 patients.

⁴Data missing for 69 patients.