Predictors of Adverse TB Treatment Outcome among TB/HIV Patients Compared with Non-HIV Patients in the Greater Accra Regional Hospital from 2008 to 2016
Table 4
Logistic regression analysis of predictor variables of adverse treatment outcome among TB patients in the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, 2008-2016.
Variables
Treatment outcome
aOR
95% CI
value
Trt. success (%)
Adverse trt. (%)
Age
<15
52 (7.8)
12 (13.33)
Ref
15-24
85 (12.7)
6 (6.7)
0.61
0.20-1.87
0.39
25-34
150 (22.5)
20 (22.2)
0.92
0.39-2.17
0.85
35-44
157 (23.5)
19 (21.1)
0.75
0.32-1.77
0.51
45-54
119 (17.8)
10 (11.1)
0.51
0.19-1.32
0.16
55-64
64 (9.58)
7 (7.8)
0.96
0.29-2.48
0.95
>64
41 (6.1)
16 (17.8)
4.00
1.54-10.34
0.004
Sex
Male
469 (70.2)
57 (63.3)
Ref
Female
199 (29.8)
33 (36.7)
0.94
0.57-1.597
0.81
Category of patient
New
510 (76.4)
58 (64.4)
Ref
Relapse
16 (2.4)
2 (2.2)
1.40
0.29-6.74
0.67
Defaulter
8 (1.20)
4 (4.4)
8.12
2.19-30.08
0.002
Undefined
128 (19.2)
25 (27.8)
1.33
0.45-3.89
0.60
Failure
3 (0.5)
1 (1.1)
5.22
0.49-55.36
0.17
Transferred in
3 (0.45)
0
1.00
—
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TB classification
Positive
376 (56.3)
35 (38.9)
Ref
Negative
147 (22.0)
27 (30.0)
1.34
0.74-2.46
0.34
Extrapulmonary
145 (21.7)
28 (31.1)
1.73
0.59-5.08
0.31
Adverse treatment reaction
Yes
4 (0.6)
3 (3.3)
3.90
0.78-19.48
0.10
No
664 (99.4)
87 (96.7)
Ref
TB patient coinfected with HIV
No
534 (79.9)
50 (55.6)
Ref
Yes
134 (20.1)
40 (44.4)
4.48
2.59-7.77
<0.01
Trt. = treatment. Sum of treatment outcomes cured and treatment completed. Sum of treatment outcomes treatment default, died, and defaulted.
