Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection among Adult HIV Positives Attending Clinical Care in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Clinical variable associated with TB infection among HIV-positive adults in Nekemte town public health facilities, western Ethiopia, 2012.

Clinical related variable	Cases (𝑁=119)	Controls (𝑁=238)		𝑃 value
	𝑛 (%)	𝑛 (%)	COR
WHO clinical stage
Stages I and II	43 (36.1)	129 (54.2)	1.00
Stages III and IV	76 (63.9)	109 (45.8)	2.09 (1.33, 3.28)	0.001*
Haemoglobin level
<10	13 (10.9)	13 (5.5)	2.96 (1.28, 6.80)	0.01*
10–12.49	56 (47.1)	77 (32.4)	2.08 (0.59, 3.19)	0.45
≥12.5	50 (42)	148 (62.2)	1.00
CD4 count
<200	33 (27.7)	41 (17.2)	2.35 (1.23, 4.48)	0.009*
200–499	61 (51.3)	124 (52.1)	1.48 (0.94, 2.84)	0.08
≥500	25 (21)	73 (30.7)	1.00
BMI
<18.5	67 (56.3)	60 (25.2)	3.80 (2.39, 6.08)	<0.001*
≥18.5	52 (43.7)	178 (74.8)	1.00

∗Statistically significant.