From: Second month sputum smear as a predictor of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil
Variables | Unfavourablea n (%) 10,071 (10.6) | Successfulb n (%) 85,118 (89.4) | Crude ORc (95% CI) | Adjusted ORc (95% CI) |
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Smear conversion on 2nd month | ||||
Yes | 7359 (9.2) | 72,479 (90.8) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
No | 2712 (17.7) | 12,639 (82.3) | 2.11 (2.01–2.22) | 2.06 (1.97–2.16) |
Sex | ||||
Female | 2465 (7.9) | 28,790 (92.1) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
Male | 7606 (11.9) | 56,325 (88.1) | 1.58 (1.50–1.65) | 1.50 (1.43–1.58) |
Missing* | 0 | 3 (100.0) | – | – |
Age range | ||||
15–24 years old | 1688 (9.5) | 16,105 (90.5) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
25–34 years old | 2510 (11.1) | 20,156 (88.9) | 1.19 (1.11–1.27) | 1.41 (1.07–1.22) |
35–44 years old | 2229 (11.6) | 16,922 (88.4) | 1.26 (1.18–1.34) | 1.13 (1.05–1.21) |
45–54 years old | 1771 (10.4) | 15,328 (89.6) | 1.10 (1.03–1.18) | 0.96 (0.89–1.03) |
55–64 years old | 959 (9.2) | 9444 (90.8) | 0.97 (0.89–1.05) | 0.85 (0.78–0.92) |
65 years old or over | 910 (11.3) | 7122 (88.7) | 1.12 (1.12–1.33) | 1.13 (1.04–1.23) |
Missing* | 4 (8.9) | 41 (91.9) | – | – |
Race/color | ||||
White | 3327 (10.8) | 27,576 (89.2) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
Black | 1428 (12.1) | 10,378 (87.9) | 1.14 (1.07–1.22) | 1.15 (1.08–1.23) |
Asian | 100 (10.5) | 848 (89.5) | 0.98 (0.79–1.21) | 1.02 (0.82–1.26) |
Mixed race | 3890 (9.6) | 36,504 (90.4) | 0.88 (0.84–0.93) | 0.91 (0.86–0.95) |
Indigenous | 97 (7.5) | 1197 (92.5) | 0.67 (0.54–0.83) | 0.69 (0.56–0.86) |
Missing* | 1229 (12.5) | 8615 (87.5) | – | – |
Education | ||||
≥ 9 years of schooling | 648 (6.5) | 9293 (93.5) | 1.0 (reference) | 1.0 (reference) |
< 9 years of schooling | 4688 (10.3) | 40,932 (89.7) | 1.64 (1.51–1.80) | 1.54 (1.42–1.68) |
Illiterate | 552 (10.4) | 4776 (89.6) | 1.66 (1.47–1.87) | 1.60 (1.42–1.81) |
Missing* | 4183 (12.2) | 30,117 (87.8) | – | – |