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Table 4 Factors associated with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis in homeless individuals Dessie and Debre Birhan towns, Northeast Ethiopia, September 2014 to June 2015 (N = 351)

From: Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and associated factors among homeless individuals in Dessie and Debre Birhan towns, Northeast Ethiopia

Variables

Smear positive PTB

Crude odds ratio (95 % CI)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

P value

Negative

Positive

Smoking

 >5 years

60

7

11.8 (1.4–98.1)

10.1 (1.1–97.7)

0.046

 ≤5 years

101

1

1

1

BMI (kg/m2)

 <18.5

20

5

20.1 (5.0–80.8)

6.9 (1.2–41.1)

0.033

 ≥18.5

322

4

1

1

HIV status

 Positive

17

5

23.9 (5.9–97.1)

6.8 (1.1–40.1)

0.036

 Negative

325

4

1

1