Time to Develop and Predictors for Incidence of Tuberculosis among Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

Table 4

Bi-variable and multivariable Cox-proportional hazard regression for predictors of TB among children treated on HIV/AIDS care in two public hospitals 2021 ().

Variables	Categories	COR 95% CI	AOR=95% CI	P< 0.05
Age of children	< =5 years	1	1
	6-10 years	3.4 ( 1.09 - 5.5)	0.92 (0.28 ; 2.94)	0.82
	>=11 years	3.6.(1.7 - 5.6)	1.2 (0.32; 2.8)	0.12
IPT	Given	1	1
	Missed	2 .6(2.1 - 8.3)	1.3(0.79 - 2.2)	0.08
CPT	Given	1	1
	Missed	3.7(2.8- 7.8)	2.5(1.28; 5.3)	0.021
TB history of contact	Yes	1.2(1.08 - 3.4)	1.09 (0.8 - 2.2)	0.11
	No	1	1
Vaccination	Complete	1	1
	Not updated	2.1 (0.9 - 2.7)	1.2(0.72 ; 1.5)	0.40
	Defaulted	1.7(1.2- 2.8)	1.3(0.8; 1.9),	0.12
Adherence	Good		1
	Fair	2.1(1.7 -- 4.1)	1.8(0.87 ; 2.9),	0.11
	Poor	3.1(2.05 -6.3)	1.2 (0.93- 2.7)	0.06
HFA>-2 Z score	No stunting	1	1
	Moderate stunting	2.1(1.5 -- 2.8)	1.2(0.8 ; 2.7)	0.17
	Sever stunting	3.9(3.8 --5.1)	2.9(1.2; 7.8)	0.03
WHO clinical	stage I&II	1	1
	Stage III&IV	9.1(4.9 16.4)	1.3 (0.73-2.5)	0.12
Hemoglobin	> 10 mg/dl	1	1
	≤10 mg/dl	9.62(5.13 18.0)	4.02(2.1- 8.1)	0.001