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Table 4 Risk factors for having DM among TB patients

From: The prevalence of diabetes among tuberculosis patients in Denmark

Risk factor

Crude analysis

Multivariable analysis*

 

OR [95%CI]

p-value

OR [95%CI]

p-value

Age

    

 Age ≤ 40 years

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Age > 40 years

3.5 [2.12; 6.18]

 < 0.01

3.49 [2.09; 6.11]

 < 0.01

Sex

    

 Female

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Male

1.29 [0.84; 2.02]

0.26

1.21 [0.78; 1.91]

0.4

Socio-economic risk factors

    

 No alcohol

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Alcohol

0.41 [0.41; 0.42]

 < 0.01

0.25 [0.14; 0.42]

 < 0.01

 No tobacco

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Tobacco

0.49 [0.23; 0.57]

 < 0.01

0.36 [0.23; 0.57]

  < 0.01

 No cannabis

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Cannabis

0.21 [0.07; 0.47]

< 0.01 

0.21 [0.07; 0.47]

  < 0.01

 No narcotics

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Narcotics

0.83 [0.36; 1.87]

 0.65

0.89 [0.36; 1.87]

 0.78

 Not homeless

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Homeless

0.36 [0.12; 0.88]

 0.05

0.39 [0.12; 0.96]

 0.07

 No prison time

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Prison time

 < 0.01 [< 0.01; > 149]

 0.9

 < 0.01 [< 0.01; > 406]

 0.98

Country or region of origin

    

 Denmark

1 (Ref)

 

1 (Ref)

 

 Europe

1.68 [0.92; 2.9]

0.07

2.13 [1.13; 3.75]

0.01

 Africa

1.42 [0.79; 2.41]

 < 0.01

3.3 [1.7; 5.9]

 < 0.01

 Asia

1.08 [ 0.66; 1.71]

0.75

1.8 [1.09; 2.99]

0.02

 Greenland**

Not applicable

Not applicable

 South America

Not applicable

Not applicable

 North America

Not applicable

Not applicable

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, not including the measured risk factor
  2. **Due to the fact that there were no patients from Greenland with DM the OR = 0.0, and p-value could not be assessed. The same was the case for North and South America