Research Article

Differences between Risk Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Treatment Abandonment and Mortality

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analyses of risk factors associated with death during TB treatment.

CharacteristicsDeathUnivariateMultivariate
Yes
(%)No
(%)OR (95% CI)OR (95% CI)

Age
 <40 years48(34.0)625(57.0)1.0
 >40 years93(66.0)472(43.0)2.57 (1.75–3.77)<0.0012.61 (1.76–3.85)<0.001
Gender
 Female38(26.0)351(31.6)1.0
 Male108(74.0)760(68.4)1.31 (0.87–1.98)ns
HIV coinfection
 No106(72.6)1034(93.1)1.0
 Yes40(27.4)77(6.9)5.07 (3.22–7.97)<0.0016.01 (3.78–9.56)<0.001
Alcoholic
 No127(87.0)995(89.6)1.0
 Yes19(13.0)116(10.4)1.28 (0.74–2.21)ns
Literacy
 Yes89(61.0)854(76.9)1.0
 No57(39.0)257(23.1)2.13 (1.46–3.10)<0.0011.88 (1.27–2.78)0.002
Treatment in the same city of residence
 Yes119(81.5)961(86.5)1.0
 No27(18.5)150(13.5)1.45 (0.90–2.33)ns
Area
 Countryside12(8.2)138(12.4)1.0
 Urban area134(91.8)973(87.6)1.58 (0.83–3.09)ns
Institutionalized
 No145(99.3)1059(95.3)1.0
 Yes1(0.7)52(4.7)0.14 (0.00–0.83)0.024ns
Extrapulmonary TB
 No116(79.5)904(81.4)1.0
 Yes30(20.5)207(18.6)1.13 (0.72–1.77)ns
Severe extrapulmonary TB
 No130(89.0)1056(95.0)1.0
 Yes16(11.0)55(5.0)2.36 (1.26–4.39)0.0032.33 (1.24–4.38)0.009
Diabetes
 No136(93.2)1042(93.8)1.0
 Yes10(6.8)69(6.2)1.10 (0.52–2.29)ns
Cigarette smoking
 No139(95.2)1026(92.3)1.0
 Yes7(4.8)85(7.7)0.61 (0.23–1.34)ns
Comorbidity
 No121(82.9)1007(90.6)1.0
 Yes25(17.1)104(9.4)2.00 (1.21–3.29)0.004ns
Treatment after relapse
 No131(89.7)1057(95.1)1.0
 Yes15(10.3)54(4.9)2.24 (1.17–4.22)0.0071.95 (1.01–3.75)0.046
Treatment after abandonment
 No132(90.4)1019(91.7)1.0
 Yes14(9.6)92(8.3)1.17 (0.62–2.19)ns

Meningitis, miliary, pericarditis, peritonitis, bilateral or extensive pleural effusion, spinal, genitourinary, and intestinal types.
ns: not significant.