Table 3 All-cause mortality using proportional hazards model including directly observed therapy and provider type interaction terms
From: Factors associated with mortality in patients with tuberculosis
Variable | HR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
Age | 1.05 | 1.05, 1.06 |
Male | 1.5 | 1.2, 2.0 |
HIV-positive | 4.2 | 2.9, 6.3 |
Provider type × DOT (≤1 year)* |  |  |
   Private provider, no DOT | 2.2 | 1.1, 4.6 |
   Health department, DOT | 1.4 | 0.7, 2.8 |
   Private provider, DOT | 8.5 | 4.3, 17.1 |
Provider type × DOT (>1 year)* |  |  |
   Private provider, no DOT | 1.1 | 0.7, 1.7 |
   Health department, DOT | 1.0 | 0.7, 1.5 |
   Private provider, DOT | 1.0 | 0.5, 2.0 |
Recent immigrant | 0.4 | 0.3, 0.7 |
Not foreign born | 1.7 | 1.2, 2.5 |