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Table 4 Association between M.tb Beijing genotype and drug-resistance gene mutations

From: Detection of Beijing strains of MDR M. tuberculosis and their association with drug resistance mutations in katG, rpoB, and embB genes

Gene

Beijing genotype (n = 76)

Non-Beijing genotypes (n = 305)

OR (95% CI)

p-Value*

katG315

43 (56.58%)

73 (23.93%)

4.14 (2.45 – 6.99)

<  0.0001

rpoB531

29 (38.16%)

49 (16.07%)

3.22 (1.85 – 5.61)

<  0.0001

embB306

21 (27.63%)

38 (12.46%)

2.68 (1.46–4.92)

0.0014

  1. *A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant