Research Article
Determinants of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Inmates at Mangaung Maximum Correctional Facility in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Table 2
Risk factors and degree of association (odds ratios).
| Risk factor | Odds ratio | 95% CI |
| Age (years) | | | 21–30 | 1 | | 31–40 | 1.02 | 0.64–1.62 | 41–50 | 0.51 | 0.27–0.97 | ≥51 | 0.65 | 0.08–5.17 | BMI | | | Below 18.5 | 1 | | Above 18.5 | 0.21 | 0.14–0.32 | HIV | | | Negative | 1 | | Positive | 4.2 | 2.64–7.00 | CD4 count | | | >350 | 1 | | ≤350 | 1.83 | 0.98–3.39 | Smoking | | | Nonsmoker | 1 | | Smoker | 1.03 | 0.65–1.63 | Ex-smoker | 2.10 | 1.16–3.81 | Previous TB | | | No | 1 | | Yes | 3.58 | 2.25–5.70 | Substance abuse | | | No | 1 | | Yes | 1.87 | 1.21–2.92 |
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