Research Article
Survival Analysis of Loss to Follow-Up Treatment among Tuberculosis Patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia
Table 3
The Cox regression analysis of factors associated with LTFU at, JUSH, Southwest Ethiopia.
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Censor | | | | LTFU | | | | Address of the patients | | | | Urban | 413 (87.5%) | 59 (12.5%) | 0.375 [0.19, 0.73] | Rural | 28 (73.7%) | 10 (26.3%) | 1 | Sex | | | | Male | 301 (87.8%) | 42 (12.2%) | 0.74 [0.46, 1.20] | Female | 140 (83.8%) | 27 (16.2%) | 1 | Smear result | | | | Negative | 183 (91.0%) | 18 (9.0%) | 1 | Positive | 133 (84.2%) | 25 (15.8%) | 1.72 [0.942, 3.15] | Types of TB | | | | S (+) PTB | 137 (89.5%) | 16 (10.5%) | 0.56 [0.30, 1.05] | S (−) PTB | 178 (86.8%) | 27 (13.2%) | 0.76 [0.44, 1.31] | EPTB | 126 (82.9%) | 26 (17.1%) | 1 | HIV result | | | | Negative | 315 (89.0%) | 39 (11.0%) | 1 | Positive | 88 (77.2%) | 26 (22.8%) | 2.34 [1.4, 3.84] | Unknown | 38 (90.5%) | 4 (9.5%) | 0.83 [0.29, 2.31] | Total | 441 (86.5%) | 69 (13.5%) | | Weight loss | | | | No | 335 (94.4%) | 19 (5.6%) | 1 | Yes | 41 (85.4%) | 7 (14.6%) | 2.710 [1.146, 6.509] | Total | 376 (93.3%) | 27 (6.7%) | |
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Key: and shows significant at 5% and 1% probability level respectevelly. COR: crude odds ratio.
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