Table 4 Analysis of factors associated with dying during the expected treatment period among patients with tuberculosis.
From: Tuberculosis treatment adherence and fatality in Spain
UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS (p ≤ 0.05) | MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS (p ≤ 0.05) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | N (%deaths) | p-value | OR | 95%CI | p-value | OR | 95%CI | |
AGE | 18-30 | 497 (0.2) | 1 | |||||
31-50 | 596 (0.8) | 0.191 | 4.19 | 0.48 - 36.03 | ||||
> 50 | 397 (5.3) | 0.001 | 27.70 | 3.71 - 206.86 | 0.039 | 10.88 | 1.12 - 105.01 | |
SEX | Men | 920 (1.8) | 0.965 | 0.98 | 0.44 - 2.16 | |||
Women | 532 (1.9) | 1 | ||||||
COUNTRY | Immigrant | 442 (0.9) | 0.099 | 0.40 | 0.14 - 1.18 | |||
Native | 1048 (2.2) | 1 | ||||||
OCCUPATIONAL STATUS | Active | 901 (0.4) | 1 | |||||
Disabled | 68 (5.9) | < 0.001 | 14.01 | 3.42 - 57.34 | ||||
Unemployed | 257 (0.8) | 0.516 | 1.75 | 0.32 - 9.65 | ||||
Retired | 220 (6.8) | < 0.001 | 16.40 | 5.39 - 49.95 | 0.012 | 12.26 | 1.74 - 86.04 | |
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS | Alone | 157 (2.5) | 0.399 | 1.60 | 0.53 - 4.83 | |||
Confined institutions | 54 (5.6) | 0.045 | 3.61 | 1.02 - 12.73 | ||||
Sharing accom. | 189 (0.5) | 0.279 | 0.32 | 0.04 - 2.47 | ||||
Family | 1062 (1.6) | 1 | ||||||
HIV-INFECTED | Yes | 66 (7.6) | 0.001 | 5.71 | 2.00 - 16.22 | 0.018 | 9.93 | 1.48 - 66.34 |
Unknown | 364 (1.9) | 0.499 | 1.36 | 0.55 - 3.37 | ||||
No | 1060 (1.4) | 1 | ||||||
PREVIOUS TREATMENT | Yes | 131 (3.8) | 0.092 | 2.34 | 0.87 - 6.28 | |||
No | 1320 (1.7) | 1 | ||||||
COMPREHENSION | Difficult | 139 (5.0) | < 0.001 | 7.40 | 2.71 - 20.21 | 0.020 | 4.07 | 1.24 - 13.29 |
Easy | 1266 (0.7) | 1 | ||||||
ALCOHOL USE | Yes | 375 (2.4) | 1 | |||||
No | 1064 (1.5) | 0.258 | 0.621 | |||||
0.27 - 1.41 | ||||||||
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USERS | No | 872 (2.2) | ||||||
Yes | 21 (9.5) | 0.046 | 4.72 | 1.02 - 21.74 | 0.006 | 23.59 | 2.46 - 225.99 | |
Unknown | 597 (1.0) | 1 | ||||||
RADIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION | Improvement | 982 (0.6) | 1 | |||||
Stable/progression | 294 (3.1) | 0.002 | 5.13 | 1.81 - 14.55 | ||||
Unknown | 214 (5.6) | < 0.001 | 9.66 | 3.58 - 26.04 | ||||
DIRECTLY OBSERVED TREATMENT | Yes | 152 (3.9) | 0.044 | 2.57 | 1.02 - 6.48 | 0.038 | 3.54 | 1.07 - 11.77 |
No | 1338 (1.6) | 1 | ||||||