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Table 3 Results of logistic regression for a positive QFT-GIT assay result

From: Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in healthy young adults in a country with high tuberculosis burden and BCG vaccination at birth

 

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

Crude OR

95% CI

Adjusted OR

95% CI

Age

1.3

1.04-1.69

1.7

1.17-2.35

Nursing/LT

1.9

0.80-4.73

1.4

0.43-4.76

Others1/LT

2.5

0.92-6.94

2.1

0.43-10.10

Second year/First year

0.7

0.28-1.50

0.5

0.11-1.95

Third year/First year

0.9

0.30-2.87

0.8

0.11-5.43

Amhara/AA

1.1

0.33-3.65

1.5

0.30-7.62

Oromia/AA

1.3

0.40-4.47

1.2

0.28-5.60

Southern Nations/AA

0.2

0.02-1.77

0.2

0.02-2.34

others2/AA

1.7

0.48-6.16

1.1

0.22-5.42

Muslim/Christian

1.7

0.67-4.41

1.4

0.36-5.57

Khat3 consumption (Yes/No)

2.8

0.66-11.77

9.6

1.36-68.13

BCG Scar (Yes/No)

1.3

0.62-2.89

1.0

0.39-2.79

BMI

0.9

0.75-1.16

0.7

0.49-0.91

  1. 1Midwifery, Radiography, Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy; 2Tigray and Somali; 3Khat: Catha edulis is commonly known as Khat; QFT-GIT: QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube; LT: Laboratory Technology; AA: Addis Ababa; BMI: Body Mass Index; OR = Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.
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