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Table 2 Demographic characteristic of 954 culture-positive patients with identified strain

From: Investigation of the high rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia reveals no single driving factor and minimal evidence for zoonotic transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection

  

PTB

 

TBLN

 

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

  

n

%

n

%

95% CI

95% CI

Age a

≤20 years

128

51.6

120

48.4

1

1

 

>20 - ≤45 years

355

70.6

148

29.4

0.4 (0.3-06.)***

0.5 (0.4-0.8)**

 

>45 years

87

80.6

21

19.4

0.3 (0.2-0.4)***

0.3 (0.2-0.6)***

Sex b

Male

331

70.6

138

29.4

  
 

Female

246

59.6

167

40.4

1.6 (1.2-2.2)***

1.6 (1.1-2.3)*

Education

Illiterate

311

67.2

152

32.8

1

1

 

Primary

158

58.5

112

41.5

1.5 (1.1-2.0)*

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

 

Secondary

86

71.7

34

28.3

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

0.3 (0.2-0.6)***

 

Higher degree

22

81.5

5

18.5

0.5 (0.2-1.3)

0.2 (0.1-0.7)**

Previous TB contact

No

331

59.8

223

40.2

  
 

Yes

154

66.7

77

33.3

0.7 (0.5-1.0)

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

Intake of raw milk

No

221

66.4

112

33.6

  
 

Yes

353

64.6

193

35.4

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

1.9 (1.2-2.8)**

Living with animals in same household

No

289

70.2

123

29.8

  
 

Yes

273

60.7

177

39.3

1.5 (1.1-2.0)**

1.7 (1.1-2.6)*

Regular and direct contact with live animals

No

214

72.0

83

28.0

  
 

Yes

327

64.9

177

35.1

1.4 (1.0-1.9)*

3.0 (1.9-4.5)***

BCG vaccination

No

329

82.5

70

17.5

  
 

Yes

89

77.4

26

22.6

1.4 (0.8-2.3)

1.6 (0.8-3.3)

  1. aadjusted for sex and site alone; badjusted for age and site alone; *p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.