Research Article
Predictors for Mortality among Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Tanzania
Table 3
Clinical predictors of MDRTB mortality.
| | Baseline clinical predictors | Died | Alive | OR (95% CI) | values (chi-square test) |
| | Cough (n = 182) | | | | | | Yes | 11 (100%) | 168 (98%) | — | 0.999 | | No | 0 (0%) | 3 (2%) | | | | Chest pain (n = 182) | | | | | | Yes | 9 (100%) | 98 (88%) | — | 0.595 | | No | 0 (0%) | 13 (12%) | | | | Fever (n = 141) | | | | | | Yes | 9 (100%) | 91 (69%) | — | 0.059 | | No | 0 (0%) | 41 (31%) | | | | Weight loss (n = 93) | | | | | | Yes | 3 (100%) | 84 (93%) | — | 0.999 | | No | 0 (0%) | 6 (7%) | | | | Night sweat (n = 116) | | | | | | Yes | 4 (100%) | 86 (77%) | — | 0.573 | | No | 0 (0%) | 26 (23%) | | | | Hemoptysis (n = 73) | | | | | | Yes | 4 (80%) | 36 (53%) | 3.56 (0.38–33.48) | 0.268 | | No | 1 (20%) | 32 (47%) | | | | Easily fatigability (n = 38) | | | | | | Yes | 5 (100%) | 29 (88%) | — | 0.999 | | No | 0 (0%) | 4 (12%) | | | | Dyspnea (n = 64) | | | | | | Yes | 3 (100%) | 53 (87%) | — | 0.999 | | No | 0 (0%) | 8 (13%) | | | | Previous TB treatment (n = 192) | | | | | | Yes | 11 (85%) | 140 (78%) | 1.53 (0.33–7.20) | 0.589 | | No | 2 (15%) | 39 (22%) | | | | Weight (n = 193) | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 50.3 ± 2.8 | 51.3 ± 0.8 | — | 0.749 | | BMI (n = 131) | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 19.3 ± 0.8 | 18.7 ± 0.3 | — | 0.624 |
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-test was done for continuous variables.
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