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Table 4 Estimates of the risk of death (OR) in recurrent TB patients in southern province Zambia according to demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Urban-rural disparities in treatment outcomes among recurrent TB cases in Southern Province, Zambia

Characteristics

Total

Died

Crude

Adjusted

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Location

 Urban

2574

111

1

1

 Rural

991

86

2.1 (1.5 2.8)

1.7 (1.2 2.7)

Sex

 Female

1482

112

1

1

 Male

2019

85

0.5 (0.4 0.7)

0.6 (0.4 1.0)

Age group

 Below 55

2721

171

1

 

  > 55

403

26

1.0 (0.8 1.3)

 

Microbiological confirmation

 clinical

2519

62

1

 

 confirmed

1036

135

1.1 (0.8 1.5)

0.6 (0.4 1.0)

Site of disease

 pulmonary

2937

169

1

 

 Extra-pulmonary

537

24

0.8 (0.5 1.2)

 

Treatment Delay

  < =14 days

3135

174

1

 

  > 15 days

420

23

1.2 (0.6 1.5)

 

Facility type

 Calendar

   < =2010

1884

106

1

 

   > 2010

1671

91

0.9 (0.7 1.3)

 

HIV

 Seronegative

1382

367

1

 

 Seropositive + ART

1187

610

1.6 (1.4 3.7)

1.7 (1.4 3.7)

 Seropositive no ART

986

114

2.3 (1.8 6.8)

2.3 (1.6 6.0)