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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population and risk factors for default.

From: Default from tuberculosis treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Who are these defaulters and why do they default?

Variable

Cases

Controls

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

n (%)

n (%)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Sex

    

   Male

89 (71)

85 (64)

1.33 (0.79–2.25)

 

   Female

37 (29)

47 (36)

1.0*

 

Age groups

    

   18–24

19 (15)

30 (23)

1.0*

 

   25–34

33 (26)

31 (24)

1.63 (0.76–3.48)

 

   35–44

30 (24)

27 (20)

1.75 (0.81–3.81)

 

   45–54

23 (18)

27 (20)

1.35 (0.60–2.99)

 

   55–64

12 (10)

10 (8)

1.89 (0.69–5.24)

 

   65+

9 (7)

7 (5)

2.03 (0.65–6.36)

 

Civil state

    

   Married

64 (51)

74 (56)

1,0*

 

   Single

35 (28)

37 (28)

1.09 (0.62 – 1.94)

 

   Widowed

8 (6)

5 (4)

1.85 (0.58 – 5.94)

 

   Divorced

13 (10)

7 (5)

2.15 (0.81 – 5.71)

 

Occupation

    

   Employed by government

15 (12)

31 (24)

1.0*

1.0*

   Employed in private sector

7 (6)

6 (5)

2.41 (0.69 – 8.44)

2.63 (0.73 – 9.57)

   Self-employed

10 (8)

13 (10)

1.59 (0.57 – 4.45)

1.74 (0.60 – 5.09)

   Unemployed

56 (44)

46 (35)

2.52 (1,21 – 5.22)

2.73 (1.28 – 5.86)

   Pensioner

22 (18)

15 (11)

3.03 (1.23 – 7.46)

4.07 (1.57 – 10.52)

   Pupil or student

4 (3)

10 (8)

0.83 (0.22 – 3.07)

0.98 (0.25 – 3.73)

   House wife

11 (9)

11 (8)

2.07 (0.73 – 5.84)

2.15 (0.73 – 6.31)

Risk factors for Default

    

   HIV infection

6 (5)

8 (6)

0.78 (0.26 – 2.30)

 

   Other concomitant disease

28 (22)

32 (24)

0.89 (0.50 – 1.59)

 

   History of imprisonment

12 (10)

5 (4)

2.67 (0.91 – 7.82)

 

   Homelessness

6 (5)

0

n.a.

 

   Alcohol abuse

17 (14)

4 (3)

4.99 (1.63 – 15.28)

6.01 (1.68 – 19.47)

   Migrant

1 (1)

0

n.a.

 

   Intravenous drug user

2 (2)

2 (2)

1.05 (0.15 – 7.56)

 

Type of pulmonary TB

    

   Smear negative

94(75)

80 (61)

  

   Smear positive

32 (25)

52 (39)

0.57 (0.33 – 0.97)

0.42 (0.24 – 0.75)

  1. * Used as reference