Performance of the WHO 2011 TB Symptom Screening Algorithm for Pulmonary TB Diagnosis among HIV-Infected Patients in Gondar University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 3

Risk factors for TB in HIV positive individuals in Gondar, North West Ethiopia, 2012.

Characteristic	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Age (year)	1.02 (0.96–1.08)	0.60
Female	1.58 (0.41–6.20)	0.51
Married	0.27 (0.06–1.25)	0.09	0.31 (0.06–1.52)	0.15
Unemployed	0.69 (0.20–2.31)	0.54
Illiterate	0.57 (0.15–2.20)	0.41
Any alcohol use	1.75 (0.36–8.50)	0.49
Previous contact with TB	1.17 (0.14–9.51)	0.89
Household members ≥4	1.58 (0.47–5.34)	0.46
Symptoms
Fever	0.83 (0.24–2.93)	0.77
Cough	2.31 (0.49–10.92)	0.29
Weight loss	2.62 (0.78–8.87)	0.12	2.38 (0.67–8.43)	0.10
Night sweats	1.76 (0.46–6.80)	0.41