Table 4. Factors associated with successful treatment outcomes in tuberculosis patients participating in support group meetings, south India, 2019.

Variable	Successful treatment outcome, aOR (95% CI)a
Overall: meeting participation versus non-participation	2.44 (2.10–2.82)
District tuberculosis office
Bellary	2.31 (1.74–3.07)
Bengaluru Urban	4.32 (3.13–5.95)
Hyderabad	2.31 (1.80–2.98)
Koppal	1.24 (0.74–2.07)
Warangal Urban	0.94 (0.78–1.13)
Age, in years
0–14	2.39 (1.09–5.22)
15–59	2.28 (1.93–2.69)
≥  60	3.19 (2.26–4.51)
Sex
Female	3.33 (2.46–4.50)
Male	1.39 (1.28–1.51)
Type of case
New patient	2.76 (2.31–3.30)
Retreatment	1.69 (1.22–2.33)
Drug-resistant tuberculosis	1.93 (1.21–3.09)
Site of disease
Extra-pulmonary	3.14 (2.16–4.56)
Pulmonary	2.31 (1.97–2.72)
Diabetes
No	2.37 (2.03–2.77)
Yes	3.03 (1.91–4.81)
HIV infection
No	2.39 (2.06–2.78)
Yes	3.73 (1.76–7.93)
Regular alcohol consumption
No	2.58 (2.19–3.03)
Yes	1.78 (1.24–2.56)

CI: confidence intervals; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; OR: odds ratio.

^a Adjusted for all the other variables.