Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Table 6

Independent predictors for the development of tuberculosis.

Parameters	OR	95% CI	value
Diabetes mellitus	1.6	0.8–3.2	0.2
History of contact with TB patients	0.4	0.2–0.7	0.004
Corticosteroid	5.7	2.2–14.8	0.0001
Immunosuppressive drugs	0.5	0.09–2.3	0.333