Table 3 Unadjusted (uHR) and adjusted (aHR) Cox proportional hazard ratios and 95% confident intervals (CI) for mortality risk factors among 345 HIV-positive presumptive TB participants in whom TB was not documented after 2 years of follow-up.
From: Mortality and risk of tuberculosis among people living with HIV in whom TB was initially ruled out
Type of variable | Variable | 44 HIV infected presumptive TB cases died | 301 HIV infected presumptive TB cases alive | uHR | aHRa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
nb | (%)c | nb | (%)c | (95% CI) | p value | (95% CI) | p value | ||
Socio-demographic | Age | 42 | 281 | (%) | |||||
< 15 | 7.14 | 12.46 | Ref | Ref | |||||
15–24 | 9.52 | 14.95 | 1.06 (0.24–4.75) | 0.935 | 1.10 (0.24–4.97) | 0.899 | |||
25–34 | 38.10 | 28.47 | 2.19 (0.64–7.53) | 0.211 | 1.94 (0.55–6.77) | 0.3 | |||
35–44 | 11.90 | 19.93 | 1.03 (0.25–4.31) | 0.967 | 0.74 (0.16–3.23) | 0.695 | |||
45–54 | 9.52 | 9.96 | 1.58 (0.35–7.01) | 0.549 | 1.11 (0.22–5.54) | 0.892 | |||
> 55 | 23.81 | 14.23 | 2.62 (0.72–9.54) | 0.143 | 2.65 (0.72–9.71) | 0.139 | |||
Sex | 44 | 301 | |||||||
Female | 56.82 | 58.80 | Ref | Ref | |||||
Male | 43.18 | 41.20 | 1.09 (0.60–1.99) | 0.767 | 1.10 (0.61–1.99) | 0.737 | |||
Occupation | 38 | 269 | |||||||
Agriculture | 34.21 | 44.24 | Ref | Ref | |||||
Services | 26.32 | 21.19 | 1.56 (0.69–3.55) | 0.285 | 2.20 (0.83–5.83) | 0.112 | |||
Student | 0.00 | 2.97 | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||
No occupation | 39.47 | 31.60 | 1.59 (0.76–3.35) | 0.218 | 2.10 (0.93–4.71) | 0.073 | |||
Marital status | 40 | 274 | |||||||
Married | 20.00 | 17.88 | Ref | Ref | |||||
Union | 25.00 | 29.93 | 0.77 (0.30–1.96) | 0.583 | 0.80 (0.30–2.08) | 0.646 | |||
Widower | 2.50 | 8.03 | 0.28 (0.03–2.24) | 0.233 | 0.26 (0.04–1.70) | 0.162 | |||
Single | 52.50 | 44.16 | 1.07 (0.47–2.43) | 0.866 | 1.05 (0.46–2.40) | 0.895 | |||
Number of people living in same house | 40 | 278 | |||||||
From 0 to 3 | 52.5 | 34.53 | Ref | Ref | |||||
From 4 to 6 | 32.5 | 44.96 | 0.50 (0.25–1.00) | 0.051 | 0.60 (0.28–1.26) | 0.179 | |||
7 or more | 15 | 20.50 | 0.48 (0.20–1.17) | 0.108 | 0.51 (0.21–1.28) | 0.155 | |||
Health care access | Distance in Km from household to MDH | 36 | 271 | ||||||
> 15 | 27.78 | 29.89 | Ref | Ref | |||||
From 7.5 to 15 | 22.22 | 16.97 | 1.33 (0.53–3.33) | 0.545 | 0.98 (0.33–2.90) | 0.977 | |||
From 0 to < 7.5 | 50.00 | 53.14 | 1.00 (0.46–2.17) | 0.999 | 1.02 (0.44–2.32) | 0.97 | |||
Distance in Km from household to closest HCU | 36 | 272 | |||||||
From 0 to < 5 | 91.67 | 90.07 | Ref | Ref | |||||
From 5 to 10 | 5.56 | 8.82 | 0.65 (0.15–2.79) | 0.57 | 0.68 (0.15–3.13) | 0.617 | |||
> 10 | 2.78 | 1.10 | 2.05 (0.33–12.68) | 0.439 | 2.08 (0.51–8.51) | 0.309 | |||
TB transmission and care knowledge | TB transmission knowledge | ||||||||
(%) | 41 | 280 | |||||||
Cough | 85.37 | 75.36 | Ref | Ref | |||||
At leat 1 missconception | 0.00 | 3.21 | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||
Cough plus another TB symptom | 14.63 | 21.43 | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||
TB treatment by traditional medicine | |||||||||
(%) | 39 | 258 | |||||||
No | 89.74 | 86.82 | Ref | Ref | |||||
Yes | 0.00 | 3.49 | NA | NA | NA | NA | |||
Do not know | 10.26 | 9.69 | 1–05 (0.38–2.92) | 0.922 | 1.11 (0.40–3.13) | 0.837 | |||
