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Table 4 History of chronic illnesses (HIV, DM and chronic respiratory problems) and their association with bacteriological confirmed TB (n = 300)

From: Missed pulmonary tuberculosis: a cross sectional study in the general medical inpatient wards of a large referral hospital in Ethiopia

Chronic illness

Bacteriological confirmed TB

Not bacteriological confirmed

Total

RR (95% CI)

HIV positivea

4

33

37

2.90 (0.86, 9.76)

Diabetes Mellitus

1

37

38

0.77 (0.09, 5.88)

Chronic respiratory problem

0

3

3

N/A

None of the above chronic illnesses

5

217

222

0.35 (0.10, 1.18)

Total

10

290

300

 
  1. aof the total patients with HIV test result recorded = 198