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Table 5 Factors associated with low energy and low protein intakes using multivariate regression analysis in 300 TB patients

From: Nutritional intakes and associated factors among tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study in China

Associated factors

OR (95% CI)

P

Energy

Age

18–49

1.0

 

50–64

1.010 (0.452, 2.260)

0.9800

≥65

1.916 (0.560, 6.555)

0.3002

Gender

Male

1.0

 

female

0.512 (0.246, 1.067)

0.0741

Area

Lin county

1.0

 

Linyun county

0.631 (0.286, 1.394)

0.2550

Severity

mild

1.0

 

severe

1.192 (0.546, 2.605)

0.6595

Occupation

Employed

1.0

 

Unemployed

3.542 (1.471, 8.530)

0.0048

Annual household income

< 20,000

1.0

 

20,000-40,000

1.242 (0.536, 2.877)

0.6132

≥40,000

0.366 (0.115, 1.163)

0.0885

Protein

Age

18–49

1.0

 

50–64

1.460 (0.490, 4.353)

0.4927

≥65

0.985 (0.285, 3.401)

0.9813

Gender

Male

1.0

 

female

1.133 (0.468, 2.741)

0.7817

Area

Lin county

1.0

 

Linyun county

1.284 (0.489, 3.370)

0.6122

Severity

mild

1.0

 

severe

0.690 (0.266, 1.792)

0.4461

Eating out-of-home

No

1.0

 

Yes

0.328 (0.133, 0.809)

0.0155

  1. Note: Intake above RNI/AI was assigned as 0, intake below RNI/AI was assigned as 1. The sample size of analysis of annual household income was 235