Table 2 Factors associated with bacteriologically-confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis among 456 household contacts
Contact characteristics | Tuberculosis | Univariate | Multivariate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | OR [95% CI] | p-value | OR [95% CI] | p-value | |
Age in years | ||||||
< 5 | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | 1.0 | |||
5–14 | 3 (4.6) | 63 95.4) | 0.2 [0.02 – 2.7] | 0.249 | - | - |
15–19 | 2 (4.4) | 43 (95.6) | 0.2 [0.02 – 3.0] | 0.269 | - | - |
20–24 | 6 (10.0) | 54 (90.0) | 0.6 [0.06 – 5.6] | 0.617 | - | - |
25–44 | 10 (5.5) | 172 (94.5) | 0.3 [0.03 – 2.7] | 0.280 | - | - |
45–64 | 7 (8.2) | 78 (91.8) | 0.4 [0.05 – 4.4] | 0.491 | - | - |
> 65 | 0 (0.0) | 12 (100.0) | - | - | - | - |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 20 (7.7) | 240 (92.3) | 1.0 | |||
Female | 9 (4.6) | 187 (95.4) | 0.6 [0.3 - 1.3] | 0.184 | - | - |
Education | ||||||
Illiterate | 7 (9.2) | 69 (90.8) | 1.0 | |||
Primary | 18 (6.3) | 267 (93.7) | 0.7 [0.3 – 1.7] | 0.380 | - | - |
Secondary/Tertiary | 4 (4.2) | 91 (95.8) | 0.4 [0.1 – 1.5] | 0.196 | - | - |
Marital Status | ||||||
Single | 7 (3.5) | 196 (96.6) | 1.0 | |||
Married | 22 (8.7) | 231 (91.3) | 3.3 [1.1 – 6.4] | 0.027 | 3.3[1.4 – 8.0] | 0.012 |
Relationship | ||||||
Child | 7 (8.9) | 72 (91.1) | 1.0 | |||
Siblings | 10 (5.3) | 177 (94.7) | 0.6 [0.2 – 1.6] | 0.289 | - | - |
Spouse | 2 (8.3) | 22 (91.7) | 0.9 [0.2 – 4.9] | 0.936 | - | - |
Uncle-Aunt | 1 (4.2) | 23 (95.8) | 0.4 [0.1 – 3.8] | 0.463 | - | - |
Parent/Grand parent | 9 (6.3) | 133 (93.7) | 0.7 [0.3 – 2.0] | 0.490 | - | - |
Number of people per 5 square metres | ||||||
< 5 | 4 (10.8) | 33 (89.2) | 1.0 | |||
5–9 | 14 (7.6) | 171 (92.4) | 0.7 [0.2 – 2.2] | 0.512 | - | - |
10–14 | 10 (5.5) | 173 (94.5) | 0.5 [0.1 – 1.6] | 0.233 | - | - |
15–20 | 1 (2.0) | 50 (98.2) | 0.2 [0.02 – 1.5] | 0.114 | - | - |
Number of meals per day | ||||||
> 3 meals | 12 (4.5) | 258 (96.5) | 1.0 | |||
≤ 3 meals | 17 (9.1) | 169 (90.9) | 2.1 [1.1 – 4.60] | 0.048 | 3.7 [1.6 – 8.7] | 0.009 |
Distance to health facility | ||||||
< 1 Km | 3 (3.3) | 89 (96.7) | 1.0 | |||
1–4.9 Km | 23 (6.9) | 311 (93.1) | 2.2 [0.6 – 7.5] | 0.209 | - | - |
5–10 Km | 3 (10.0) | 27 (90.0) | 3.2 [0.6 – 17.3] | 0.158 | - | - |