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Table 3 Simple logistic regression of the factors associated with of TB disease among the hill tribe HIV/AIDS

From: A 20-year retrospective cohort study of TB infection among the Hill-tribe HIV/AIDS populations, Thailand

Factors

TB

OR (90 % CI)

p-value

No (%)

Yes (%)

Tribal group

    

 Akha

955 (66.3)

486 (33.7)

1.46 (1.15-1.85)

0.008*

 Karen

200 (73.8)

71 (26.2)

1.02 (0.74-1.39)

0.922

 Kmong

157 (71.0)

64 (29.0)

1.17 (0.84-1.62)

0.430

 Lahu

447 (72.4)

170 (27.6)

1.10 (0.84-1.42)

0.584

 Lisu

190 (67.4)

92 (32.6)

1.40 (1.03-1.87)

0.050*

 Yao

221 (74.2)

77 (25.8)

1.00

 

Sex

    

 Male

1,244 (72.7)

466 (27.3)

1.00

 

 Female

926 (65.2)

494 (34.8)

1.42 (1.25-1.62)

<0.001*

Age (year)

    

 <15

184 (80.0)

46 (20.0)

1.00

 

 16-25

345 (77.0)

103 (23.0)

1.19 (0.86-1.66)

0.374

 26-35

955 (68.4)

441 (31.6)

1.85 (1.39-2.46)

<0.001*

 36-45

494 (62.5)

296 (37.5)

2.40 (1.78-3.23)

<0.001*

 46-55

133 (67.5)

64 (32.5)

1.92 (1.33-2.78)

0.004*

 >56

59 (85.5)

10 (14.5)

0.67 (0.36-1.26)

0.306

Year of diagnosis

    

 1990-1995

151 (98.1)

3 (1.9)

0.035 (0.01-0.09)

<0.001*

 1996-2000

524 (95.6)

24 (4.4)

0.081 (0.06-0.12)

0.041*

 2001-2005

823 (59.9)

551 (40.1)

1.18 (1.03-1.35)

0.053*

 2006-2010

672 (63.8)

382 (36.2)

1.00

 

Occupation

    

 Agriculture

1,067 (76.1)

336 (23.9)

1.00

 

 Temporary employee

594 (59.0)

413 (41.0)

2.21 (1.91-2.56)

<0.001*

 Trader

32 (56.1)

25 (43.9)

2.48 (1.58-3.89)

0.001*

 Housewife

79 (80.6)

19 (19.4)

0.76 (0.49-1.17)

0.306

 Children

93 (85.3)

16 (14.7)

0.55 (0.35-0.86)

0.030*

 Student

73 (70.2)

31 (29.8)

1.35 (0.93-1.95)

0.181

 Unemployed

62 (69.7)

27 (30.3)

1.38 (0.93-2.05)

0.175

Others

170 (64.4)

94 (35.4)

1.74 (1.37-2.19)

<0.001*

Diagnosis

    

 Asymptomatic

353 (94.6)

20 (5.4)

1.00

 

 HIV

1,220 (85.7)

840 (40.8)

12.15 (8.27-17. 86)

<0.001*

 AIDS

597 (85.7)

100 (14.3)

2.95 (1.95-4.49)

<0.001*

Route of transmission

    

 Sexual intercourse

1,976 (68.9)

893 (31.1)

1.00

 

 Mother to Child

185 (75.8)

59 (24.2)

0.57 (0.42-0.76)

0.002*

 IDU

9 (52.9)

8 (47.1)

1.96 (0.88-4.36)

0.170

ARV

    

 No

858 (82.3)

184 (17.7)

2.76 (2.37-3.31)

<0.001*

 Yes

1,312 (62.8)

776 (37.2)

1.00

 
  1. *Significance level at p-value < 0.10