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Table 2 Median delay times and adjusted HRs over ten years

From: Trend in risk of delay in diagnosis of new pulmonary tuberculosis in Northwest China from 2008 to 2017

Year

Median delay time (IQR)

Crude

HR (95% CI)

P

Adjusted HR

(95% CI)*

P

2008

60 (31–93)

1

1

2009

34 (16–77)

1.31 (1.03–1.67)

0.026

1.31 (1.03–1.66)

0.028

2010

34 (17–68)

1.42 (1.17–1.71)

<0.001

1.41 (1.18–1.69)

<0.001

2011

29 (14–59)

1.71 (1.40–2.08)

<0.001

1.69 (1.39–2.06)

<0.001

2012

30 (13–59)

1.67 (1.36–2.05)

<0.001

1.63 (1.32–2.00)

<0.001

2013

29 (14–57)

1.61 (1.26–2.06)

<0.001

1.55 (1.22–1.97)

<0.001

2014

32 (15–60)

1.68 (1.40–2.03)

<0.001

1.61 (1.34–1.92)

<0.001

2015

31 (14–60)

1.66 (1.37–2.02)

<0.001

1.58 (1.30–1.92)

<0.001

2016

30 (13–59)

1.69 (1.24–2.32)

0.001

1.63 (1.18–2.25)

0.003

2017

33 (16–71)

1.28 (1.01–1.64)

0.044

1.29 (1.02–1.62)

0.030

2008–2017

33 (16–65)

 

  1. Note: “*” Adjusted for age, sputum smear results, gender. The estimate of variance in level 2 was 0.28 with the standard error of 0.46. An LR test comparing the model with the one-level survival model didn’t favor the random-intercept model with P > 0.05