Table 2. Estimated prevalence of TB and its associated risk factors.
Population | Smear positive TB | Culture positive TB | Bacteriologically positive TB | Prevalence of TB per 100000 pop. | OR (95% CI) | p-value | aOR (95% CI) | p-value | |||
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Smear positive | Culture positive | Bacteriologically positive | |||||||||
Age | |||||||||||
15–34 | 25938 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 46 | 1 | 1 | ||
35–54 | 22824 | 43 | 73 | 81 | 188 | 320 | 355 | 7.79 (3.91–15.16) | <0.001 | 8.92 (4.37–18.19) | <0.001 |
≥ 55 | 13732 | 34 | 89 | 99 | 248 | 648 | 721 | 15.69 (7.93–31.06) | <0.001 | 13.54 (6.66–27.51) | <0.001 |
Gender | |||||||||||
Female | 32956 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 79 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Male | 29538 | 71 | 147 | 164 | 240 | 498 | 555 | 6.57 (4.11–10.50) | <0.001 | 4.73 (2.91–7.68) | <0.001 |
BCG Scar | |||||||||||
No | 37375 | 51 | 107 | 117 | 136 | 286 | 313 | 1 | |||
Yes | 25119 | 30 | 66 | 75 | 119 | 263 | 299 | 0.95 (0.67–1.36) | 0.792 | ||
BMI | |||||||||||
≥18.5 | 52627 | 45 | 91 | 104 | 86 | 173 | 198 | 1 | 1 | ||
<18.5 | 9867 | 36 | 82 | 88 | 365 | 831 | 892 | 4.55 (3.40–6.07) | <0.001 | 4.48 (3.26–6.15) | <0.001 |
Diabetes | |||||||||||
No | 59818 | 73 | 157 | 176 | 122 | 262 | 294 | 1 | 1 | ||
Yes | 2676 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 299 | 598 | 598 | 2.04 (1.17–3.56) | 0.012 | 1.67 (0.99–2.83) | 0.055 |
Hypertension | |||||||||||
No | 59561 | 76 | 166 | 184 | 128 | 279 | 309 | 1 | |||
Yes | 2933 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 170 | 239 | 273 | 0.88 (0.46–1.71) | 0.711 | ||
History of TB | |||||||||||
No | 61522 | 64 | 151 | 165 | 104 | 245 | 268 | 1 | 1 | ||
Yes | 972 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 1749 | 2263 | 2778 | 10.62 (6.55–17.24) | <0.001 | 3.64 (2.20–6.02) | <0.001 |
Tobacco smoking | |||||||||||
Never | 56573 | 40 | 97 | 107 | 71 | 171 | 189 | 1 | 1 | ||
Current | 4848 | 36 | 66 | 75 | 743 | 1361 | 1547 | 8.29 (5.87–11.71) | <0.001 | 1.26 (0.83–1.93) | 0.281 |
Past | 1073 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 466 | 932 | 932 | 4.96 (2.78–8.86) | <0.001 | ||
No of cigarettes/Beedies per day | |||||||||||
Nil | 56573 | 40 | 97 | 107 | 71 | 171 | 189 | 1 | |||
1_10 | 4372 | 25 | 46 | 52 | 572 | 1052 | 1189 | 6.35 (4.64–8.69) | <0.001 | ||
11_20 | 792 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1010 | 1389 | 1515 | 8.12 (4.12–16.01) | <0.001 | ||
>20 | 757 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 1057 | 2510 | 2774 | 15.06 (8.12–27.91) | <0.001 | ||
Alcohol consumption | |||||||||||
No | 52366 | 36 | 93 | 104 | 69 | 178 | 199 | 1 | 1 | ||
Current | 9115 | 40 | 66 | 74 | 439 | 724 | 812 | 4.11 (2.88–5.88) | <0.001 | 1.62 (1.14–2.32) | 0.007 |
Yes | 1013 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 494 | 1382 | 1382 | 7.04 (3.66–13.56) | <0.001 | ||
Alcohol consumed (ml) | |||||||||||
Nil | 52366 | 52 | 126 | 139 | 99 | 241 | 265 | 1 | |||
<200ml | 10128 | 29 | 47 | 53 | 286 | 464 | 523 | 3.02 (2.06–4.43) | <0.001 | ||
Type of cooking fuel | |||||||||||
Not Applicable | 31020 | 18 | 50 | 54 | 58 | 161 | 174 | 1 | |||
Smokeless | 16254 | 39 | 78 | 90 | 240 | 480 | 554 | 3.19 (2.29–4.46) | <0.001 | ||
Smoke | 15220 | 24 | 45 | 48 | 158 | 296 | 315 | 1.81 (1.04–3.18) | 0.037 | ||
Overall | 62494 | 81 | 173 | 192 | 130 | 277 | 307 |