Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Retreatment Tuberculosis Patients in Benin

Table 6

Factors associated with a successful treatment among retreatment tuberculosis patients, 2013, Benin.

	Successful outcome	Risk ratio	[95% CI]	value
Sex
Female	60/62 (97.8)	1
Male	148/162 (91.4)	0.94	0.88–1.01	0.24
Age group
00–24	19/19 (100)	1
25–44	117/124 (94.4)	0.94	0.90–0.99	0.59
45–64	60/67 (89.6)	0.90	0.83–0.97	0.34
65 and +	12/14 (85.7)	0.86	0.69–1.06	0.17
Type of TB
NPBCT	2803/3124 (89.7)	1
Relapse	133/140 (95)	1.06	1.02–1.10	0.04
Failure	63/69 (91.3)	1.02	0.95–1.10	0.67
Treatment after loss to follow-up	12/15 (80)	0.89	0.69–1.15	0.19
HIV status
HIV negative	169/181 (93.4)	1
HIV positive	38/39 (97)	1.04	0.98–1.11	0.47
HIV status unknown	1/4 (25)	0.27	0.05–1.46	0.001
Region
Atacora-Donga	13/14 (92.9)	1.01	0.86–1.18	1
Borgou-Alibori	9/11 (81.8)	0.89	0.67–1.10	0.26
Zou-Collines	28/30 (93.3)	1.02	0.91–1.14	1
Mono-Couffo	27/28 (96.4)	1.05	0.96–1.15	0.68
Oueme-Plateau	40/42 (95.2)	1.04	0.95–1.13	0.72
Atlantique-Littoral	91/99 (91.9)	1

Note: NPBCT: new pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis; TB: tuberculosis.