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Table 3 Predictor of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis among

From: Predictor of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in southwestern part of Ethiopia: a case control study

Category

Variables

Cases

n (%)

Controls

n (%)

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

Sex

Male

36 (61)

35 (48)

1.7 (0.8–3.4)

2.4 (0.9–6.7)

0.069

Female

23 (39)

38 (52)

1

1

 

Disclosed about infection

Yes

25 (42.4)

45 (61.6)

1

1

 

No

34 (57.6)

28 (38.4)

2.2 (1.1–4.4)

3.4 (1.2–9.8)

0.021

Sufficient instruction about the drugs

Yes

34 (57.6)

62 (84.9)

1

1

 

Not

25 (42.4)

11 (15.1)

4.1 (1.8–9.4)

4.7 (1.4–14.6)

0.008

Contact history with MDR-TB patient

Yes

35 (59)

15 (21)

5.6 (2.6–12.2)

8.5 (2.9–25.5)

< 0.001

No

24 (41)

58 (79)

1

1

 

Missed anti-TB drug at least for a day

Yes

38 (64)

7 (10)

17.1 (6.6–43.8)

7.9 (2.5–24.9)

< 0.001

No

21 (36)

66 (90)

1

1

 

Drinking habit

Yes

19 (32.2)

6 (8.2)

5.3 (1.9–14.4)

5.1 (1.4–18.7)

0.015

No

40 (67.8)

67 (91.8)

1

1

 

Site of infection

PTB

57 (96.6)

59 (80.8)

6.7 (1.4–31.1)

6.8 (0.9–52.4)

0.066

 

EPTB

2 (3.4)

14 (19.2)

1

1

 
  1. PTB pulmonary tuberculosis; EPTB extra pulmonary tuberculosis