Table 4. Univariate analysis of variables by sex in S+PTB.

			Females			Males
		n	MLR	P-value	n	MLR	P-value
			Log mean ± SE			Log mean ± SE
Cavities	Present	53	-0.25 ± 0.046	0.0495	122	-0.20 ± 0.022	0.6066
	Absent	46	-0.38 ± 0.044		71	-0.18 ± 0.031
HIV	Positive	8	-0.63 ± 0.21	0.0063	11	-0.10 ± 0.10	0.2457
	Negative	78	-0.29 ± 0.032		153	-0.19 ± 0.019
Diabetes	Positive	13	-0.26 ± 0.078	0.453	18	-0.23 ± 0.033	0.4230
	Negative	88	-0.33 ± 0.035		175	-0.19 ± 0.019
Alcohol problem	Yes	17	-0.45 ± 0.12	0.067	58	-0.18 ± 0.037	0.8321
	No	84	-0.29 ± 0.029		135	-0.19 ± 0.020
BCG	Yes	63	-0.34 ± 0.042	0.483	143	-0.20 ± 0.021	0.3590
	No	33	-0.30 ± 0.048		40	-0.16 ± 0.036
Drug resistance	Yes	25	-0.43 ± 0.090	0.026	42	-0.15 ± 0.15	0.3388
	No	74	-0.27 ± 0.030		147	-0.20 ± 0.021
Linear regression analysis
			R-squared			R-squared
Smear grade (df = 4)		94	0.0818	0.0052	181	0.0004	0.7893
Log time to culture (d)		97	0.0265	0.1111	186	0.0021	0.5348
CXR (up to 6 zones)		96	0.0166	0.2107	185	0.0107	0.1609
Age (years)		100	0.0006	0.8088	193	0.0059	0.2884
White blood count		100	0.0735	0.0064	193	0.0031	0.4417
Neutrophil count		100	0.1232	0.0028	193	0.0183	0.0627
Log neutrophil count		100	0.1411	0.0001	193	0.0065	0.2652
Albumin (g/L)		98	0.1226	0.0004	190	0.1331	<0.0001
Globulin (g/L)		97	0.0439	0.0395	189	0.0438	0.0039
AG ratio		97	0.1739	0.0002	189	0.1055	<0.0001
Log CRP (mg/L)		79	0.2099	0.0002	169	0.1124	<0.0001