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Table 3 Factors associated with treatment success rate TB cases at JGH (July 2004–June 2014)

From: A retrospective study on tuberculosis treatment outcomes at Jinka General Hospital, southern Ethiopia

Characteristics

Total

N (%)

Treatment success N (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Sex

 Female

465 (39.7)

365 (78.5)

1.00

1.00

 

 Male

707 (60.3)

503 (71.1)

0.68 (0.51–0.89)

0.70 (0.52–0.93)

0.013

Age in years

 < 15

145 (12.4)

106 (73.1)

1.00

1.00

 

 15–24

254 (21.7)

200 (78.7)

1.36 (0.85–2.19)

1.30 (0.79–2.14)

0.301

 25–34

365 (31.1)

272 (74.5)

1.08 (0.70–1.66)

1.18 (0.74–1.87)

0.493

 35–44

218 (18.6)

161 (73.9)

1.04 (0.65–1.67)

1.13 (0.68–1.86)

0.645

 45–54

96 (8.2)

60 (62.5)

0.61 (0.35–1.07)

0.63 (0.35–1.13)

0.122

 ≥ 55

94 (8.0)

69 (73.4)

1.02 (0.57–1.83)

1.04 (0.56–1.91)

0.912

TB patients category

 New TB cases

1038 (88.6)

758 (73.0)

1.00

1.00

 

 Re-treatment TB cases

87 (7.4)

67 (77.0)

1.24 (0.74–2.08)

0.94 (0.55–1.62)

0.831

 Transfer-in TB cases

47 (4.0)

43 (91.5)

3.97 (1.41–11.16)

3.79 (1.31–10.92)

0.014

Type of TB

 PTB−

610 (52.0)

436 (71.5)

1.00

1.00

 

 PTB+

281 (24.0)

227 (80.8)

1.68 (1.19–2.37)

1.81 (1.24–2.64)

0.002

 EPTB

281 (24.0)

205 (73.0)

1.08 (0.78–1.48)

1.19 (0.84–1.68)

0.328

HIV test result

 Non reactive

535 (45.6)

422 (78.9)

1.00

1.00

 

 Reactive

235 (20.1)

166 (70.6)

0.64 (0.45–0.91)

0.67 (0.45–0.98)

0.036

 Unknown

402 (34.3)

280 (69.7)

0.62 (0.46–0.83)

0.81 (0.44–1.49)

0.492

Year of registration for TB treatment

 July 2004–June 2005

82 (7.0)

53 (64.6)

1.00

1.00

 

 July 2005–June 2006

109 (9.3)

72 (66.1)

1.07 (0.58–1.94)

1.17 (0.63–2.18)

0.614

 July 2006–June 2007

146 (12.5)

104 (71.2)

1.36 (0.76–2.41)

1.62 (0.89–2.93)

0.114

 July 2007–June 2008

153 (13.1)

119 (77.8)

1.92 (1.06–3.46)

2.29 (1.03–5.09)

0.043

 July 2008–June 2009

123 (10.5)

103 (83.7)

2.82 (1.46–5.45)

3.29 (1.38–7.84)

0.007

 July 2009–June 2010

139 (11.9)

111 (79.9)

2.17 (1.17–4.01)

2.53 (1.11–5.75)

0.027

 July 2010–June 2011

179 (15.3)

141 (78.8)

2.03 (1.14–3.62)

2.37 (1.03–5.45)

0.042

 July 2011–June 2012

105 (9.0)

72 (68.6)

1.19 (0.65–2.20)

1.36 (0.59–3.14)

0.474

 July 2012–June 2013

63 (5.4)

53 (84.1)

2.90 (1.29–6.54)

2.78 (1.01–7.66)

0.048

 July 2013–June 2014

73 (6.2)

40 (54.8)

0.66 (0.35–1.27)

0.65 (0.26–1.60)

0.348

  1. Italic values to show significance