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Table 3 Clinical severity and associated factors among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending selected health facilities of two zones of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 875)

From: Delay in treatment initiation and its association with clinical severity and infectiousness among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Clinical severity

Crude odds ratio

Adjusted odds ratio

  

Mild (< 8)

Severe (>8)

  

Sex

 

Female

186

244

0.68(0.81–1.4)

0.9(0.64–1.27)

Male

181

264

1.00

1.00

Age

 

18–34

211

191

0.58(0.36–0.94)

0.58(0.32–1.03)

35–44

110

108

0.57(0.34–0.95)

0.61(0.33–1.13)

45–54

75

96

0.64(0.38–1.1)

0.55(0.29–1.03)

> 55

34

50

1.00

1.00

Income

 

Indebt

118

210

1.4(1.01–2.05)

1.3(0.86–2.03)

Income = expense

158

163

1.2(0.85–1.61)

0.96(0.65–1.4)

Saving

154

72

1.00

1.00

Delay in days

 

No delay (< 30)

233

32

0.07(0.05–0.11)*

0.04(0.04–0.11)*

Medium delay (31–60)

112

74

0.09(0.06–0.15)*

0.17(0.06–0.15)*

Long delay (> 60)

85

339

1.00

1.00

HIV status

 

Positive

52

47

0.91(0.59–1.4)

0.91(0.54–1.54)

Negative

378

398

1.00

1.00

Smoking history

 

Yes

41

48

0.91(0.50–1.42)

1.4(0.81–2.41)

No

389

398

1.00

1.00

Alcohol consumption

 

Yes

232

232

0.76(0.58–0.99)

0.84(0.61–1.17)

No

198

213

1.00

1.00

  1. *Indicates statistically significant variables with P-value less than 0.05