Research Article
Five-Year Assessment of Time of Sputum Smears Conversion and Outcome and Risk Factors of Tuberculosis Patients in Central Iran
Table 4
Impact of comorbidity and demographic, microbiological, and therapeutic variables on failure.
| Characteristic | | Outcome | value | | Cure | Failure |
| Sex | Female | 84 | 3 | 0.32 | Male | 83 | 6 |
| Age | ≤50 | 65 | 2 | 0.31 | >50 | 102 | 7 |
| Nationality | Iranian | 88 | 6 | 0.41 | Non-Iranian | 79 | 3 |
| Initial sputum grading | ≤2+ | 127 | 3 | 0.004 | 3+ | 40 | 6 |
| Accompanying illness | Diabetic | 15 | 5 | 0.00 | Otherwise healthy | 152 | 4 |
| Treatment category | CAT I | 153 | 8 | 0.775 | CAT II | 14 | 1 |
| Sputum conversion | 2 m for CAT I, 3 m for CAT II | 146 | 2 | 0.00 | >2 m and >3 | 21 | 7 |
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