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Table 4 Predictor factors for successful treatment outcome among registered TB cases

From: Treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis in war affected region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Character

No. (%) of TB cases

Successful outcome, n (%)

COR (95% CI)

P-value

AOR (95%CI)

P-value

Sex

 Male

237 (46.01)

201 (84.81)

0.08 (0.48–1.32)

0.39

0.93 (0.53–1.63)

0.81

 Female

278 (53.99)

243 (87.41)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Age

 0–20

185 (35.92)

165 (89.19)

3.34 (1.61–6.93)

0.001

3.47 (1.54–7.81)

0.003

 21–40

189 (36.69)

165 (87.30)

2.78 (1.37–5.65)

0.005

2.76 (1.26–6.03)

0.011

 41–60

82 (15.92)

72 (87.80)

2.91 (1.22–6.95)

0.016

2.82 (1.08–7.35)

0.034

 ≥ 61

59 (11.45)

42 (71.18)

1.00

 

1.00

 

TB form

 Smear positive PTB

252 (48.93)

232 (92.06)

2.88 (1.605–5.16)

0.000

3.58 (1.89–6.78)

< 0.001

 Sear negative PTB

82 (15.92)

67 (81.70)

1.11 (0.57–2.16)

0.762

1.18 (0.56–2.48)

0.650

 EPTB

181 (35.15)

145 (80.11)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Patient category

 New

493 (95.72)

426 (86.40)

0.57 (0.07–4.55)

0.603

0.57 (0.07–4.55)

0.603

 Relapse

10 (1.94)

7 (70.00)

0.21 (0.02–2.46)

0.215

0.21 (0.02–2.46)

0.215

 Other

12 (2.33)

11 (91.67)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Treatment category

 Category I

503 (97.66)

437 (86.87)

0.21 (0.06–0.68)

0.01

4.71 (1.17–18.97)

0.029

 Category II

12 (2.33)

7 (58.33)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Year of treatment

 2011

116 (22.52)

101 (87.06)

2.37 (1.24–4.54)

0.009

2.42 (1.22–4.82)

0.012

 2012

118 (22.91)

112 (94.91)

6.58 (2.69–16.09)

0.000

6.26 (2.52–15.59)

< 0.001

 2013

120 (23.30)

112 (93.33)

4.94 (2.22–10.98)

0.000

4.31 (1.88–9.86)

< 0.001

 2014

161 (31.26)

119 (73.91)

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. Abbreviations: PTB Pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB extra-pulmonary TB, COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted odds ratio