Table 3 Demographic characteristics and association with UTB in the 302 study participants.

From: Multicentre evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF assay in detecting urinary tract tuberculosis with urine samples

Characteristics

Diagnostic Class

UTB cases by CRS (150) n (%)

Non-UTB cases (152) n (%)

cORs (95% CI)

aORs (95% CI)

Total (302) N (%)

Female

70 (46.7)

97 (63.8)

1

1

167 (55.3)

Male

80 (53.3)

55 (36.2)

2.02 (1.27–3.20)**

1.92 (1.16–3.18)*

135 (44.7)

Age <30 years

5 (3.3)

11 (7.2)

1

1

16 (5.3)

30–60 years

90 (60.0)

106 (69.7)

1.87 (0.63–5.58)

1.22 (0.38–3.89)

196 (64.9)

>60 years

55 (36.7)

35 (23.0)

3.46 (1.11–10.8)*

1.90 (0.56–6.38)

90 (29.8)

Duration of illness <3 months

74 (49.3)

96 (63.2)

1

1

170 (56.3)

3–12 months

62 (41.3)

52 (34.2)

1.55 (0.96–2.49)+

1.20 (0.71–2.02)

114 (37.8)

>12 months

14 (9.3)

4 (2.6)

4.54 (1.44–14.4)*

1.26 (0.34–4.68)

18 (6.0)

Resident

73 (48.7)

93 (61.2)

1

1

166 (55.0)

Migrant

77 (51.3)

59 (38.8)

1.66 (1.05–2.63)*

1.36 (0.82–2.24)

136 (45.0)

TB history No

79 (52.7)

128 (84.2)

1

1

207 (68.5)

Yes

71 (47.3)

24 (15.8)

4.79 (2.79–8.23)**

4.22 (2.38–7.49)**

95 (31.5)

  1. **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, +P < 0.1, OR, odds ratio, aOR, adjusted odds ratio.
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