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Table 3 TB patients at Metema Hospital DOTS center, according to HIV-infection status and associated risk factors for co-infection, Northwest Ethiopia, 2009–2012

From: Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in a cohort of tuberculosis patients at Metema Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a 3 years retrospective study

Characteristics

HIV–TB N (%)

TB only N (%)

OR (95 % CI)

P value

AOR (95 % CI)

P value

Sex

 Male

246 (60.9)

940 (58.7)

1.09 (0.88–1.37)

0.43

1.1 (0.88–1.38)

0.41

 Female

158 (39.1)

661 (41.3)

1.00

1.00

Age

 0–14

51 (12.6)

188 (11.7)

0.99 (0.68–1.42)

0.94

1.0 (0.69–1.45)

0.99

 15–24

107 (26.5)

409 (25.5)

0.95 (0.71–1.27)

0.73

0.96 (0.72–1.28)

0.77

 25–34

131 (32.4)

476 (29.7)

1.00

1.00

 35–44

71 (17.6)

307 (19.2)

0.84 (0.61–1.16)

0.29

0.85 (0.61–1.18)

0.32

 45–54

22 (5.4)

122 (7.6)

0.66 (0.40–1.07)

0.09

0.66 (0.40–1.08)

0.10

 55–64

13 (3.2)

57 (3.6)

0.83 (0.44–1.56)

0.56

0.83 (0.44–1.57)

0.57

 >65

9 (2.2)

42 (2.6)

0.78 (0.37–1.64)

0.51

0.77 (0.36–1.62)

0.49

Type of entry

 New

350 (86.6)

1448 (90.4)

1.00

1.00

 Relapse

28 (6.9)

81 (5.1)

1.43 (0.92–2.23)

0.12

1.31 (0.82–2.07)

0.26

 Defaulter

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

 Failure

1 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

4.14 (0.26–66.31)

0.32

4.22 (0.26–68.64)

0.31

 Transfer

25 (6.2)

70 (4.4)

1.48 (0.92–2.36)

0.11

1.41 (0.87–2.29)

0.17

TB forms

 PTB+

105 (26.0)

345 (21.5)

1.00

1.00

 PTB−

241 (59.7)

1030 (64.3)

1.19 (0.83–1.70)

0.36

1.19 (0.82–1.72)

0.37

 EPTB

58 (14.4)

226 (14.1)

0.91 (0.66–1.26)

0.57

0.97 (0.70–1.35)

0.85

 Total

404 (20.1)

1601 (79.9)

  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, PTB+ smear positive pulmonary TB, PTB− smear negative pulmonary TB, EPTB extra-pulmonary TB