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. 2021 Jul;42(7):728–734. doi: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.7.20200797

Table 5.

- Correlation of tested factors with patients showed resistance to TB treatment either (multi and/or mono) compared to non-resistant patients.

Variables Age Gender Creatinine ALT AST Total bilirubin Diabetes mellitus SMOK HIV
Spearman’s rho resistance (mono & multi)
Correlation coefficient -0.145** -0.001 -0.024 -0.025 -0.062 -0.009 -0.011 0.054 0.064
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.000 0.483 0.272 0.247 0.117 0.398 0.383 0.053 0.055
N 901 901 647 800 370 752 713 901 901
Correlation of tested factors with patients showed multi-resistance to TB treatment compared to mono-resistant patients.
Spearman’s rho multi- resistance
Correlation coefficient 0.020 0.036 -0.079 -0.082 -0.058 0.121 0.061 -0.031 0.24**
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.780 0 6.618 0.426 0.311 0.649 0.159 0.492 0.665 0.001
N 193 193 104 153 63 137 128 193 193
Correlation of tested factors with patients showed Mono-resistance to TB treatment compared to Multi-resistant patients.
Spearman’s rho mono-resistance
Correlation coefficient -0.020 -0.036 0.079 0.082 0.058 -0.121 -0.061 0.031 -0.24**
Sig. (2-tailed) 0.780 0 6.618 0.426 0.311 0.649 0.159 0.492 0.665 0.001
N 193 193 104 153 63 137 128 193 193
*

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). ALT: alanine aminotransferase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, HIV: human immune deficiency virus, SMOK: smoking