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Table 3 Analysis of factors associated with poor adherence to antituberculosis treatment.

From: Tuberculosis treatment adherence and fatality in Spain

   

UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS (p ≤ 0.05)

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (p ≤ 0.05)

Variables

 

N (%defaulters)

p-value

OR

95%CI

p-value

OR

95%CI

SEX

Men

880 (7.5)

0.015

1.87

1.13 - 3.09

   
 

Women

506 (4.2)

 

1

    

COUNTRY

Immigrant

420 (12.1)

< 0.001

3.24

2.11 - 4.98

0.031

2.03

1.06 - 3.88

 

Native

1004 (4.1)

 

1

  

1

 

AGE

18-30

479 (8.1)

0.019

2.08

1.12 - 3.83

   
 

31-50

578 (6.6)

0.109

1.65

0.89 - 3.04

   
 

> 50

367 (4.1)

 

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OCCUPATIONAL STATUS

Active

876 (6.1)

0.028

3.17

1.13 - 8.86

   
 

Disabled

61 (8.2)

0.031

4.39

1.14 - 16.92

   
 

Unemployed

244 (11.1)

0.001

6.12

2.10 - 17.82

   
 

Retired

201 (2.0)

 

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LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

Alone

145 (10.3)

< 0.001

3.27

1.74 - 6.16

0.037

2.35

1.05 - 5.26

 

Confined institutions

45 (24.4)

< 0.001

9.18

4.30 - 19.62

0.002

4.79

1.74 - 13.14

 

Sharing accom.

180 (12.2)

< 0.001

3.95

2.26 - 6.91

0,263

1,59

0,70-3,62

 

Family

1029 (3.4)

 

1

  

1

 

HIV-infected

Yes

60 (13.3)

0.029

2.40

1.09 - 5.29

   
 

Unknown

349 (6.6)

0.697

1.10

0.67 - 1.81

   
 

No

1015 (6.0)

 

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PREVIOUS TREATMENT COMPREHENSION

Yes

121 (17.4)

< 0.001

3.75

2.20 - 6.30

0.009

2.80

1.29 - 6.08

 

No

1264 (5.3)

 

1

  

1

 
 

Difficult

122 (11.5)

0.001

3.60

1.91 - 6.79

0.003

2.93

1.44 - 5.98

 

Easy

1238 (3.5)

 

1

  

1

 

SOURCE

Emergencies

646 (9.0)

0.006

2.76

1.34 - 5.66

   
 

Primary Care

261 (3.4)

 

1

    
 

Specialist

203 (4.4)

0.587

1.29

0.50 - 3.33

   
 

Other

314 (5.1)

0.338

1.50

0.65 - 3.46

   

INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS

No

830 (4.5)

 

1

  

1

 
 

Yes

19 (21.1)

0.003

5.71

1.80 - 18.07

0.001

9.51

2.70 - 33.47

 

Unknown

575 (8.9)

0.001

2.08

1.34 - 3.23

0.027

2.00

1.08 - 3.72

DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT

Yes

140 (7.1)

0.730

1.12

0.57 - 2.22

   
 

No

1284 (6.4)

 

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  1. Also had no influence at univariate level: resistance, alcohol, smoking, radiology, and localization.
  2. CI: Confidence Interval
  3. OR: Odds ratio