Table 6. Predictors of mortality among TB/HIV Co-infected children at public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia, 2020.
Variables | Category | Survival status | 95% CI | P-value | ||
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Dead n = 47 | Censored n = 227 | CHR(95%CI) | AHR(95%CI) | |||
Age (year) | <1 | 2 | 9 | 0.84(0.19,3.59) | ||
1–5 | 4 | 14 | 0.98(0.33,2.85) | 0.77 | ||
6–10 | 18 | 95 | 0.72(0.38,1.34) | |||
11–14 | 23 | 109 | 1 | |||
Sex | Male | 22 | 117 | 0.99(0.56,1.77) | 0.99 | |
Female | 25 | 110 | 1 | |||
Health service utilization | Primary hospital | 6 | 43 | 0.62(0.26,1.48) | 0.29 | |
General Hospital | 41 | 184 | 1 | |||
Residence | Urban | 32 | 180 | 1 | ||
Rural | 15 | 15 | 1.77(0.96,3.29) | 0.067 | ||
Baseline WHO | Mild | 18 | 91 | 1 | ||
Advanced | 29 | 136 | 1.34(0.74,2.43) | 0.31 | ||
Hgb at TB diagnose | <10 mg/dl | 27 | 17 | 9.69(5.36,17.53) | 2.6(1.28,5.21) | 0.008 |
> = 10 mg/dl | 20 | 210 | 1 | 1 | ||
CPT | Yes | 20 | 199 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 |
No | 27 | 28 | 6.27(3.5,11.89) | 1.14(0.57,2.27) | ||
IPT | Yes | 16 | 189 | 1 | 1 | 0.002 |
No | 31 | 38 | 7.11(3.88,13.04) | 2.8(1.44,5.48) | ||
Type of TB | PTB | 9 | 178 | 1 | 1 | |
EPTB | 38 | 49 | 11.86(5.72,24.57) | 5.7(2.67,12.56) | 0.0001 | |
Adherence | Adherence | 9 | 184 | 1 | 1 | |
Non-adherence | 38 | 43 | 13.43(6.48,27.83) | 5.2(2.19,12.39) | 0.0001 |