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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with LTBI

From: Prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection and predictive factors in an urban informal settlement in Johannesburg, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

 

Unadjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Individual-level characteristics

Age in years

 

1.17 (1.08–1.26)

1.03 (1.01–1.05)

 Sex

Female

1.00

1.00

Male

1.25 (0.84–1.86)

2.70 (1.55–4.70)

 HIV status

Negative

1.00

 

Positive

0.85 (0.49–1.46)

 

 BMI categories

Normal/Underweight

1.00

 

Overweight

1.33 (0.80–2.19)

 

Obese

0.97 (0.60–1.59)

 

 Anaemia

Non-anaemic

1.00

 

Anaemic

0.87 (0.58–1.31)

 

 Education level

≤ Primary

1.00

 

≥ Secondary

0.83 (0.53–1.30)

 

 Employment status

Unemployed

1.00

 

Employed

0.99 (0.64–1.54)

 

 Marital status

Not living with a partner

1.00

1.00

Living with a partner

1.90 (1.50–3.14)

2.00 (1.13–3.54)

 Household contact with TB

No

1.00

1.00

Yes

2.33 (1.03–5.28)

2.27 (0.76–6.82)

 Smoking

No

1.00

 

Yes

1.33 (0.84–2.11)

 

 Alcohol consumption

No

1.00

 

Yes

1.16 (0.76–1.78)

 

Household- and neighbourhood-level characteristics

 

Household exposure to

No

1.00

 

secondary smoking

Yes

1.01 (0.61–1.69)

 

Household number of

<3

1.00

 

   rooms

≥3

1.62 (1.05–2.50)

 

Household ventilation

Always/Only when warm

1.00

 

(sleep with window open)

Never/No windows

1.37 (0.29–6.53)

 

Household SES

Low

1.00

1.00

Medium

1.20 (0.73–1.96)

1.73 (0.85–3.52)

High

1.50 (0.91–2.47)

2.11 (1.04–4.31)

Household density

Low (<300/km2)

1.00

 

Medium (300–600/km2)

1.24 (0.77–1.98)

 

High (>600/km2)

0.84 (0.52–1.36)

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