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Table 1 Association of variables with M. tuberculosis genotype clustering by IS6110-RFLP analysis (n = 183)

From: DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients in Kampala, Uganda

 

Genotype clustering

   

Demographic characteristics

No

Yes

Unadjusted OR

95%CI

P value

Sex

     

Female

37

44

Reference

  

Male

47

55

0.98

0.55–1.77

0.957, NS

Age, years

     

>40

22

17

Reference

  

<40

62

82

0.58

0.28–1.19

0.140, NS

HIV sero-status

     

Negative

46

57

Reference

  

Positive

38

42

0.89

0.49–1.60

0.702, NS

Drug susceptibility*

     

Sensitive

80

93

Reference

  

Any resistance

4

6

1.29

0.35–4.73

0.701, NS

  1. OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; NS = not significant; * = susceptibility to isoniazid and rifampicin only.
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