| |
Homeless persons (n = 255)
|
Caregivers (n = 172)
|
---|
| |
No. of subjects
|
No.(%) of QFT-positivity
|
Age-adjusted OR (95% CI)
|
MultivariateOR (95% CI)†
|
No. of subjects
|
No.(%) of QFT-positivity
|
Age-adjusted OR (95% CI)
|
MultivariateOR (95% CI)†
|
---|
Sex
|
Male
|
253
|
130 (51.4)
|
NA
|
NA
|
79
|
20 (25.3)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
|
Female
|
2
|
0 (0.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|
93
|
22 (23.7)
|
0.95 (0.46-1.93)
|
0.91 (0.39-2.11)
|
Current smoker
|
No
|
66
|
33 (50.0)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
106
|
27 (25.5)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
|
Yes
|
185
|
93 (50.3)
|
1.19 (0.66-2.14)
|
1.23 (0.63-2.40)
|
63
|
13 (20.6)
|
0.81 (0.38-1.75)
|
0.72 (0.29-1.74)
|
Current drinker
|
No
|
121
|
56 (46.3)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
114
|
26 (22.8)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
|
Yes
|
129
|
70 (54.3)
|
1.74 (1.02-2.96)*
|
1.84 (1.01-3.37)*
|
54
|
13 (24.1)
|
1.23 (0.56-2.69)
|
1.15 (0.48-2.74)
|
Length of time spent living and/or working in the Airin district, year
|
<10 years
|
107
|
38 (35.5)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
105
|
18 (17.1)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
|
≥10 years
|
128
|
78 (60.9)
|
2.52 (1.46-4.35)*
|
2.53 (1.39-4.61)*
|
63
|
24 (38.1)
|
2.60 (1.24-5.42)*
|
2.32 (1.05-5.13)*
|
Past exposure to TB patients
|
No
|
196
|
96 (49.0)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
138
|
27 (19.6)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
|
Yes
|
50
|
31 (62.0)
|
2.05 (1.05-3.99)*
|
1.51 (0.71-3.21)
|
32
|
14 (43.8)
|
3.63 (1.55-8.47)*
|
3.21 (1.30-7.91)*
|
Cough and/or sputum
|
No
|
194
|
100 (51.6)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
166
|
42 (25.3)
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Yes
|
59
|
29 (49.2)
|
0.91 (0.50-1.67)
|
0.64 (0.32-1.32)
|
6
|
0 (0.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|
General fatigue
|
No
|
207
|
102 (49.3)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
163
|
40 (24.5)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
|
Yes
|
46
|
27 (58.7)
|
1.66 (0.84-3.29)
|
1.47 (0.66-3.28)
|
9
|
2 (22.2)
|
0.96 (0.19-4.93)
|
1.06 (0.19-5.96)
|
Elevated body temperature
|
No
|
244
|
124 (50.8)
|
NA
|
NA
|
171
|
42 (24.6)
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Yes
|
9
|
5 (55.6)
|
NA
|
NA
|
1
|
0 (0.0)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Past history of TB
|
No
|
225
|
109 (48.4)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
166
|
37 (22.3)
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Yes
|
30
|
21 (70.0)
|
2.23 (0.95-5.21)
|
1.51 (0.43-5.31)
|
6
|
5 (83.3)
|
NA
|
NA
|
Abnormal chest X-ray finding
|
No
|
193
|
86 (44.6)
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
165
|
37 (22.4)
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Yes
|
62
|
44 (71.0)
|
2.62 (1.39-4.93)*
|
1.90 (0.78-4.60)
|
7
|
5 (71.4)
|
NA
|
NA
|
- *p < 0.05
- Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; NA, not applicable
- †Multivariate-adjusted for the listed factors and age.