Assessment of Two Years’ Sputum Smear Results among Tuberculosis Suspected Patients in Gambella Regional Hospital, Western Ethiopia

Table 4

Logistic regression of AFB smear negative cases versus age and sex distribution in Gambella Hospital from March 2013 to February 2015.

Variable	AFB test results
	COR with 95% CI	AOR with 95% CI
Sex
Male	1.384 (1.064–1.801)	1.363 (1.046–1.775)
Female	1	1
Age
15 years and below	0.486 (.235–1.005)	0.505 (0.244–1.046)
16–25 years	1.517 (1.007–2.287)	1.532 (1.015–2.313)
26–35 years	1.204 (0.781–1.855)	1.217 (0.789–1.877)
36–45 years	1.399 (0.872–2.247)	1.402 (0.873–2.253)
46 years and above	1	1

Adjusted for sex, age, and year and monthly distribution of AFB test results; .