Table 4 Level of infectiousness among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending selected health facilities of two zones of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 875)
Variables | Categories | Level of infectiousness | Odds ratio (OR) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Higher | Lower | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | ||
Sex | Male | 251 | 257 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Female | 172 | 195 | 1.1(0.85–1.54) | 0.8(0.59–1.31) | |
Age | 18–34 | 201 | 201 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
35–44 | 100 | 118 | 1.1(0.66–1.71) | 0.63(.35–1.15) | |
45–54 | 79 | 92 | 1.2(0.52–1.7) | 1.1(0.61–1.92) | |
> 55 | 43 | 41 | 1.2(0.72–2.1) | 1.2(0.68–2.16) | |
Educational status | No formal education | 178 | 171 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Primary education | 163 | 162 | 0.65(0.41–1.03) | 0.4(0.22–0.81) | |
Secondary education | 45 | 64 | 0.69(0.43–1.1) | 0.7(0.38–1.3) | |
College and above | 37 | 55 | 0.96(0.54–1.68) | 0.9(0.52–1.93) | |
Family size | 1–3 | 196 | 202 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
> 3 | 225 | 252 | 1.07(0.83–1.42) | 1.6(1.16–2.14)* | |
Number of rooms | < 2 | 212 | 146 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
> 2 | 209 | 308 | 0.47(0.36–0.62) | 0.45(0.33–0.61)* | |
HIV status | Positive | 57 | 42 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Negative | 366 | 410 | 0.65(0.43–0.99) | 0.57(0.36–0.91)* | |
Delay in days | No delay (< 30) | 68 | 197 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Medium delay (31–60) | 68 | 118 | 3.7(2.56–5.29)* | 4.2(2.82–6.01)* | |
Long delay (> 60) | 287 | 137 | 6(4.26–8.46)* | 6.2(4.32–8.83)* | |
Smoking history | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
|  | Yes | 23 | 66 | 1.78(0.78–3.42) | 1.26(0.69–2.29) |
No | 390 | 396 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Alcohol consumption | |||||
|  | Yes | 222 | 242 | 1.76(0.88–2.99) | 1.17(0.79–1.72) |
No | 210 | 201 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Access to health facility | < 10 | 240 | 258 | 0.95(0.49–1.54) | 0.92(0.51–1.61) |
> 10 | 193 | 182 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |