Research Article
Five-Year Assessment of Time of Sputum Smears Conversion and Outcome and Risk Factors of Tuberculosis Patients in Central Iran
Table 5
Risk estimate of nonconversion of sputum smear at the end of intensive phase.
| Variable | Odds | 95% CI | |
| Age | | | | >50/≤50 | 0.694 | 0.291–1.658 |
0.412 | Sex | | | | Female/male | 1.048 | 0.462–2.377 | 0.910 | Nationality | | | | Non-Iranian/Iranian | 1.325 | 0.566–3.099 | 0.412 | Initial sputum grading 3+/≤2+ | 2.933 | 1.278–6.732 | 0.011 | Diabetic/other comorbidities | | | | No comorbidity | 4.038 | 1.123–14.516 | 0.033 |
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