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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Clin Microbiol. 2011;2(3):3.

TABLE 2.

Univariate and multivariable hazard ratios for symptomatic disease by AF-ALB quartile.

Tuberculosis Unadjusted analysis Adjusted analysis# Test for trend#
Hazard Ratio 95% CI p value Hazard Ratio 95% CI p value p value
AF-ALB Quartile 1 Ref --- --- Ref --- --- 0.03
AF-ALB Quartile 2 0.63 0.16–2.51 0.51 0.43 0.06–2.74 0.34
AF-ALB Quartile 3 1.40 0.56–3.48 0.47 1.44 0.52–3.47 0.54
AF-ALB Quartile 4 2.55 0.99–6.58 0.05 3.39 1.34–8.11 0.01
Hepatitis BΨ 0.5
AF-ALB Quartile 1 Ref --- --- Ref --- ---
AF-ALB Quartile 2 0.90 0.15–5.41 0.91 1.11 0.17–6.36 0.97
AF-ALB Quartile 3 0.41 0.04–3.92 0.44 0.36 0.06–5.22 0.59
AF-ALB Quartile 4 0.47 0.05–4.53 0.51 0.37 0.04–7.03 0.51
Malaria
AF-ALB Quartile 1 Ref ---- --- Ref ---- --- 0.42
AF-ALB Quartile 2 1.12 0.52–2.42 0.78 0.98 0.47–2.04 0.96
AF-ALB Quartile 3 1.05 0.62–1.76 0.87 0.98 0.57–1.68 0.94
AF-ALB Quartile 4 0.95 0.54–1.66 0.85 0.70 0.34–1.49 0.71
Pneumonia 0.11
AF-ALB Quartile 1 Ref ---- --- Ref ---- ---
AF-ALB Quartile 2 1.12 0.21–6.08 0.89 0.53 0.06–5.92 0.68
AF-ALB Quartile 3 2.40 0.73–7.90 0.15 2.50 0.77–9.21 0.12
AF-ALB Quartile 4 1.68 0.41–6.79 0.47 1.59 0.48–9.07 0.33

AF-ALB Quartile 1 0.093>0.685 pmol/mg albumin, AF-ALB Quartile 2 0.685≥ 0.939 pmol/mg albumin, AF-ALB Quartile 3 0.939 ≥ 1.407 pmol/mg albumin, AF-ALB Quartile 3 1.407 ≥ 3.48 pmol/mg albumin

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Adjusted for HIV viral load, and CD4 count

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Hepatitis B analysis was treated as single even