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Table 7 Predictors of unsuccessful interim treatment outcome: multiple logistic regression analysis

From: Predictors of unsuccessful interim treatment outcomes of multidrug resistant tuberculosis patients

Independent variable

B

S.E

Sig.

AOR

95% CI for Exp (B)

Resistance to ofloxacin

1.173

0.620

.044

3.232

1.959, 10.891

Above normal serum creatinine level (baseline)

1.87

0.786

.017

6.490

1.392, 30.266

Culture positivity at second month of the treatment

1.938

0.635

.002

6.944

1.999, 24.12

History of streptomycin use

0.948

0.667

.155

2.581

0.699, 9.531

Age group 25–34 (years)

1.232

0.761

.105

3.429

0.772, 15.228

  1. p-value less than 0.05 in bold. Model summary = Chi square (34.574), df (5), p < 0.0005; Nagelkerke R Square (0.486); Hosmer and Lemeshow Chi square test (7.305), p = 0.294