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Table 1 Bivariate logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with clustering.

From: Conventional and molecular epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Manitoba

Characteristic

Incidence

Clustered

Non-Clustered

Odds Ratio

p value

 

(person-year/100 000)

n = 426 (%)

n = 203 (%)

(95%) CI

 

Sex

     

Female

8.4

167 (39.2)

102 (50.2)

1 (reference)

 

Male

10.1

259 (60.8)

101 (49.8)

1.57 (1.12–2.19)

0.011

Age *

     

0 to 14

3.1

18 (4.2)

4 (2.0)

4.61 (1.39–16.84)

0.004

15 to 24

5.8

51 (12.0)

17 (8.4)

3.07 (1.58–6.03)

0.000

25 to 44

10.4

170 (39.9)

47 (23.1)

3.70 (2.33–5.89)

0.000

45 to 64

10.7

102 (23.9)

48 (23.6)

2.17 (1.35–3.52)

0.000

65 +

18.4

85 (20.0)

87 (42.9)

1

 

Origin

     

Canadian-Born (non-treaty)

3.3

97 (22.8)

60 (29.6)

1

 

Canadian-Born (treaty)

48.4

254 (59.6)

27 (13.3)

5.82 (3.46–9.54)

0.000

Foreign-Born

20

75 (17.6)

116 (57.1)

0.340 (0.261–0.620)

0.000

Residence

     

Winnipeg

9.7

235 (55.1)

153 (75.4)

1

 

other urban

4.1

14 (3.3)

11 (5.4)

0.829 (0.369–1.829)

0.809

reserves

33.7

148 (34.7)

15 (7.4)

6.424 (3.563–10.947)

0.000

other rural

9.2

29 (6.9)

24 (11.8)

0.787 (0.443–1.392)

0.051

Site of Infection

     

Extrapulmonary

 

111 (26.1)

66 (32.5)

1

 

Pulmonary

 

315 (73.9)

137 (67.5)

1.367 (0.951–1.969)

0.112

  1. * χ2 test for overall linear trend in age = 32.6, p < 0.001