Treatment outcome of new smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Penang, Malaysia

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Table 5 Predictors of mortality: multiple logistic regression analysis

Independent variables	B	S.E	p-value	AOR (95% CI)
Male	0.580	0.523	.268	1.79 (0.64, 4.98)
Age*	0.027	0.013	.036	1.03 (1.01, 1.06)
History of ≥4 weeks cough	0.999	0.586	.088	2.72 (0.86, 8.57)
Lung cavities	1.980	0.493	<.0005	7.25 (2.76, 19.07)
High-grade sputum	2.420	0.765	.002	11.19 (2.50, 30.11)
Diabetes mellitus	0.701	0.372	.060	2.02 (0.97, 4.18)
Smoker	0.020	0.448	.965	1.07 (0.41, 2.36)
Alcoholism	0.934	0.394	.018	2.54 (1.17, 5.51)

p-value of less than 0.05 in bold; *Continuous variable; Model summary (chi-square = 71.71, degrees of freedom = 8, p = <.0005, pseudo R² = .216).

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