Table 5 Effect of TB non-conversion on treatment outcome in new tuberculosis cases
Variable | Non-converters | Converters | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | Crude OR | 95 % CI | p-value | Adjusted OR | 95 % CI | p-value | |
Cured | 939 | 66.55 | 6809 | 74.31 | Reference | Reference | ||||
Completed | 172 | 12.19 | 1040 | 11.35 | 1.19 | 1.00–1.42 | 0.042 | 1.18 | 0.99–1.42 | 0.060 |
Died | 27 | 1.91 | 129 | 1.41 | 1.51 | 0.99–2.31 | 0.052 | 1.33 | 0.86–2.05 | 0.205 |
Failed | 54 | 3.83 | 76 | 0.83 | 5.15 | 3.61–7.35 | <0.000 | 4.46 | 3.07–6.49 | <0.000 |
Defaulted | 91 | 6.45 | 380 | 4.15 | 1.73 | 1.36–2.20 | <0.000 | 1.82 | 1.42–2.33 | <0.000 |
Not evaluated | 128 | 9.07 | 729 | 7.96 | 1.27 | 1.04–1.55 | 0.018 | 1.32 | 1.07–1.62 | 0.009 |