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Table 2 Determinants of not being screened for HIV among 1197 patients with a first episode of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, San Juan de Lurigancho, 2010–2011

From: HIV screening among newly diagnosed TB patients: a cross sectional study in Lima, Peru

Characteristics

Screened

N(%)

Not screened

N(%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

p

Adjusted OR (95%CI)

p

Sex

 Female

394 (78.5%)

108 (21.5%)

1

   

 Male

593 (74.8%)

200 (25.2%)

1.23 (0.94–1.63)

0.136

  

Age, in years

 18–34

721 (76.6%)

220 (23.4%)

0.94 (0.68–1.31)

0.752

  

 35–49

210 (76.4%)

65 (23.6%)

1

   

  > 50

57 (72.1%)

22 (27.9%)

1.15 (0.63–2.09)

   

Weight loss reported by the patient

 Yes

798 (75.7%)

256 (24.3%)

1.07 (0.76–1.51)

0.699

  

 No

186 (78.2%)

52 (21.8%)

1

   

Location of health facility in district area

 Lowest area

199 (85.8%)

33 (14.2%)

1

 

1

 

 Middle area

314 (87.0%)

47 (13.0%)

0.89 (0.54–1.47)

 

0.90 (0.54–1.49)

< 0.001

 Highest area

259 (65.6%)

136 (34.4%)

3.34 (2.15–5.21)

 

3.38 (2.17–5.28)

 

 High area

215 (70.0%)

92 (30.0%

2.8 (1.77–4.45)

< 0.001

2.82 (1.78–4.49)

 

Education

 Primary or less

400 (73.1%)

147 (26.9%)

1.23 (0.91–1.66)

0.153

  

 High School

365 (78.0%)

103 (22.0%)

1

   

 Higher

221 (79.2%)

58 (20.8%)

0.88 (0.61–1.28)

   

Socioeconomic status

 Poor

240 (75.5%)

78 (24.5%)

1.09 (0.81–1.48)

0.556

  

 Not poor

685 (77.0%)

204 (23%)

1

   

Marital Status

 Married / cohabiting

369 (75.8%)

118 (2.2%)

1.12 (0.84–1.49)

0.523

  

 Divorced

72 (77.4%)

21 (22.6%)

0.88 (0.51–1.53)

   

 Single

521 (76.8%)

157 (23.2%)

1

   

 Widow

25 (67.6%)

12 (32.4%)

1.57 (0.75–3.29)

   

Illegal drug consumption

 Yes

149 (68.3%)

69 (31.7%)

1.64 (1.16–2.32)

0.006

1.65 (1.15–2,37)

0.006

 No

838 (77.8%)

239 (22.2%)

1

 

1

 

Alcohol consumption (CAGE score)

 Yes

52 (72.2%)

20 (27.8%)

1.28 (0.74–2.22)

0.38

  

 No

534 (75.1%)

177 (24.9%)

1

   

Ex prison inmate

 Yes

49 (80.3%)

12 (19.7%)

0.68 (0.31–1.47)

0.305

  

 No

936 (76.1%)

296 (23.9%)

1

   

Diabetes Mellitus, as reported by the patient

 Yes

41 (74.5%)

14 (25.5%)

1.12 (0.60–2.08)

0.725

  

 No

944 (76.3%)

294 (23.7%)

1

   

TB regimen

 Regimen for drug sensitive TB

970 (76.1%)

305 (23.9%)

1

   

 Regimens for drug resistant TB

17 (85.0%)

3 (15%)

0.70 (0.20–2.44)

0.556

  

Employment

 Yes

695 (75.8%)

221 (24.2%)

1

0.646

  

 No

190 (75.7%)

61 (24.3%)

0.99 (0.71–1.40)

   

 Student

102 (79.7%)

26 (20.3%)

0.81 (0.50–1.28)

   

Study Period

 1

261 (78.1%)

73 (21.9%)

1

   

 2

233 (76.9%)

70 (23.1%)

1.13 (0.76–1.67)

0.431

  

 3

258 (75.9%)

82 (24.1%)

1.18 (0.80–1.73)

   

 4

235 (74.0%)

83 (26.0%)

1.37 (0.94–2.01)

   

Place of birth

 Coastal region

611 (76.3%)

190 (23.7%)

1

0.985

  

 Jungle region

138 (75.0%)

46 (25.0%)

0.97 (0.65–1.44)

   

 Andean region

237 (76.7%)

72 (23.3%)

0.98 (0.71–1.35)