Research Article
Determinants of Tuberculosis Infection among Adult HIV Positives Attending Clinical Care in Western Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
Table 4
Environmental factors associated with TB infection among HIV-positive adults in Nekemte town public health facilities, western Ethiopia, 2012.
| | Environmental variables | Cases () | Controls () | value | | (%) | (%) | COR |
| | Wall of house | | | | | | Mud/mud brick | 102 (85.7%) | 191 (80.3) | 1.47 (0.80, 2.70) | 0.26 | | Cement | 17 (14.3%) | 47 (19.7) | 1.00 | | | Separate kitchen | | | | | | Yes | 41 (34.5%) | 117 (49.2) | 0.549 (0.34, 0.85) | 0.009* | | No | 78 (65.5%) | 121 (50.8) | 1.00 | | | Waste disposal site | | | | | | In the compound | 18 (15.1%) | 25 (10.5) | 1.51 (0.79, 2.91) | 0.20 | | Outside | 101 (84.5%) | 213 (89.5) | 1.00 | | | Floor of house | | | | | | Earth | 91 (76.5) | 143 (60.1) | 2.15 (1.31, 3.54) | 0.002* | | Cement | 28 (23.5) | 95 (39.9) | 1.00 | | | PPR | | | | | | 1 | 15 (12.6) | 37 (15.5) | 1.00 | | | 1-2 | 87 (73.1) | 167 (70.2) | 1.29 (0.64, 2.61) | 0.45 | | 2 | 17 (14.3) | 34 (14.3) | 1.23 (0.78, 1.93) | 0.62 | | Ceiling | | | | | | Yes | 74 (62.2) | 136 (57.1) | 1.23 (0.60, 2.25) | 0.55 | | No | 45 (37.8) | 102 (42.9) | 1.00 | | | Number of windows | | | | | | 0 | 13 (10.9) | 16 (6.7) | 1.47 (0.63, 3.41) | 0.32 | | 1 | 15 (12.6) | 57 (23.9) | 0.48 (0.24, 0.92) | 0.20 | | 2 | 91 (76.5) | 165 (69.3) | 1.00 | |
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Statistically significant.
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