Table 1:

Predictors of Suboptimal Adherence among Adolescents Treated with First-Line Therapy for Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis (N=249)

	Total number	Number (%) with poor adherence	Unadjusted OR (95% Cl)	Adjusted OR (95% Cl)
Age
10–14 years	44	10 (22.7)	Ref
15–19 years	206	41 (19.9)	0.84 (0.40, 1.93)	0.83 (0.37, 2.02)
Gender
Female	93	12 (12.9)	Ref
Male	157	39 (24.8)	2.23 (1.13, 4.69)	2.26 (1.13, 4.80)
Disease site
Pulmonary	217	43 (19.8)	Ref
Extrapulmonary or both#	33#	8 (24.2)	1.29 (0.52, 2.96)	1.83 (0.61, 5.37)
Microbiological confirmation*
No	81	15 (18.5)	Ref
Yes	167	35 (21.0)	1.17 (0.60, 2.34)	1.63 (0.73, 4.01)

^#One participant had both pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB.

^*N=247. Two participants did not have either smear or culture results documented; 57 had negative smear results but no documented culture results.