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

Table 5

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

Independent predictor	COR	AOR	𝑃 value
Marital status
Single	1.00	1.00
Married	1.70 (0.95, 2.64)	1.82 (0.66, 2.93)	0.49
Divorced/widowed	2.73 (1.49, 5.34)	3.02 (1.70, 7.88)	0.001*
Educational status
No formal education	4.55 (2.09, 9.90)	4.32 (2.20, 14.15)	<0.001*
Primary education	3.34 (1.48, 5.24)	2.90 (0.88, 4.09)	0.09
Secondary education	1.36 (0.78, 2.34)	1.24 (0.62, 2.46)	0.53
Tertiary education	1.00	1.00
Diabetic mellitus
Yes	3.54 (1.55, 8.07)	3.63 (1.33, 9.94)	0.01*
No	1.00	1.00
BMI (kg/m^2)
<18.5	3.80 (2.39, 6.08)	3.87 (2.18, 6.87)	0.01*
≥18.5	1.00	1.00
WHO clinical stage
Stages I and II	1.00	1.00
Stages III and IV	2.09 (1.33, 3.28)	2.29 (1.32, 3.98)	0.003*
Separate kitchen
Yes	0.52 (0.32, 0.82)	0.48 (0.28, 0.81)	0.007*
No	1.00	1.00

∗Statistically significant.