TABLE 3.

Odds ratio of observed and 100 simulations of randomly misclassified 50% (ie, 18 cases) of the non-sputum culture verified TB cases with respect to different solid fuel exposures and confounders

Variables	Observed			With 50% randomly cases misclassified
	Cooking	Heating	Cooking and heating	Cooking	Heating	Cooking and heating
ln (household expenditure per capita (Rs.))	0.70 (0.516–0.957)	0.68 (0.500–0.933	0.75 (0.544–1.021	0.65 (0.64–0.66)	0.64 (0.63–0.64)	0.69 (0.68–0.70)
Age (y)	1.03 (1.016–1.038)	1.03 (1.015–1.037	1.03 (1.016–1.038	1.03 (1.03–1.03)	1.03 (1.03–1.03)	1.03 (1.03–1.03)
Gender (0 = female, 1 = male)	0.87 (0.572–1.328)	0.90 (0.586–1.371	0.87 (0.571–1.327	0.90 (0.89–0.92)	0.93 (0.92–0.94)	0.90 (0.89–0.91)
Lung function (%)	0.99 (0.970–1.003)	0.99 (0.971–1.004	0.99 (0.970–1.003	0.99 (0.99–0.99)	0.99 (0.99–0.99)	0.99 (0.99–0.99)
Smoking (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	1.70 (0.952–3.053)	1.77 (0.986–3.182	1.66 (0.924–2.977	1.54 (1.50–1.59)	1.60 (1.55–1.64)	1.50 (1.46–1.54)
Exposure (1 = Yes, 0 = No)	1.93 (1.065–3.480)	1.75 (1.038–2.948	1.99 (1.229–3.219	1.66 (1.62–1.71)	1.57 (1.54–1.61)	1.78 (1.75–1.82)
Observations	6544	6521	6544	6544	6521	6544

Note: Odds ratios and 95% confidence interval in parenthesis.