Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage 4 associated with cavitations and treatment failure

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Table 5 Characteristics associated with treatment failure Orizaba, Veracruz, 1997–2010 (n = 522)

Variables	aOR	95% CI		p-value*	aOR	95% CI		p-value*
Variables	aOR	L.I	U.I	p-value*	aOR	L.I	U.I	p-value*
Sex (male)	3.030	0.766	11.984	0.114	3.152	0.810	12.266	0.098
Age (years)	1.042	1.000	1.086	0.051	1.034	0.995	1.074	0.085
> 6 years of formal schooling	0.166	0.045	0.615	0.007	0.248	0.069	0.885	0.032
Access to social security	0.246	0.056	1.085	0.064	0.264	0.062	1.123	0.071
Diabetes mellitus type 2	0.716	0.195	2.634	0.615	0.750	0.222	2.532	0.643
New case	0.860	0.174	4.257	0.853	1.047	0.201	5.442	0.957
Resistance to at least one drug	25.763	7.096	93.543	< 0.001	–	–	–	–
MDR	–	–	–	–	31.497	5.119	193.815	< 0.001
Lineage
Haarlem	Reference				Reference
LAM	2.852	0.574	14.181	0.200	2.009	0.426	9.475	0.378
Other than Haarlem and LAM	6.740	1.704	26.661	0.007	3.342	0.906	12.320	0.070

aOR, adjusted odds ratio; MDR, multidrug resistance; L.I, lower interval; U.I, upper interval
*Adjusted logistic regression

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