Tuberculosis Research and Treatment / 2023 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Assessment of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of TB-suspected patients with smear-positive PTB and prevalence.
Variable Response Total ( , %) Smear-positive PTB COR (95% CI) value-ve ( , %) +ve ( , %) Sex Male 119 (54.1) 98 (82.4) 21 (17.6) 1.08 (0.54, 2.15) 0.82 Female 101 (45.9) 82 (81.2) 19 (18.8) 1 Age 18-29 92 (42.0) 72 (78.3) 20 (21.7) 1 30-39 48 (29.1) 40 (83.3) 8 (16.7) 1.8 (0.54, 6.05) 0.34 40-49 33 (15.1) 27 (81.8) 6 (18.2) 1.20 (0.38, 3.74) 0.75 ≥50 46 (21.0) 40 (87.0) 6 (13) 0.86 (0.21, 3.56) 0.84 Place of residence Urban 86 (39.1) 72 (83.7) 14 (16.3) 0.81 (0.39, 1.65) 0.56 Rural 134 (60.9) 108 (80.6) 26 (19.4) 1 Marital status Single 60 (27.3) 47 (78.3) 13 (21.7) 1 Married 160 (72.7) 133 (83.1) 27 (16.9) 1.36 (0.65, 2.86) 0.41 Educational status No education 62 (28.2) 52 (83.9) 10 (16.1) 1 Primary 92 (41.8) 73 (79.3) 19 (20.7) 1.41 (0.35, 5.62) 0.63 Secondary 41 (18.6) 33 (80.5) 8 (19.5) 1.92 (0.52, 7.06) 0.33 College/university 25 (11.4) 22 (88.0) 3 (12.0) 1.78 (0.42, 7.45) 0.43 Religion Orthodox 49 (22.3) 41 (83.7) 8 (16.3) 1 Protestant 157 (71.4) 127 (80.9) 30 (19.1) 1.17 (0.22, 6.27) 0.85 Muslim 14 (87.7) 12 (85.7) 2 (14.3) 1.42 (0.30, 6.67) 0.66 Occupation Government employee 33 (15.0) 29 (87.9) 4 (12.1) 1 Farmer 55 (25) 41 (74.5) 14 (25.5) 0.89 (0.23, 3.74) 0.87 Merchant 17 (7.7) 15 (88.2) 2 (11.8) 2.22 (0.77, 6.35) 0.13 Daily labor 26 (11.8) 21 (80.8) 5 (19.2) 0.86 (0.15, 4.78) 0.87 Student 44 (20.0) 35 (79.5) 9 (20.5) 1.54 (0.42, 5.67) 0.51 Housewife 45 (20.5) 39 (86.7) 6 (13.3) 1.67 (0.54, 5.17) 0.37 HH monthly income <2000 79 (35.9) 60 (75.9) 19 (24.1) 1 2001-7000 131 (59.5) 110 (84.0) 21 (16.0) 5.59 (0.69, 14.6) 0.11 ≥7001 13 (4.5) 8 (85.2) 5 (14.8) 3.24 (0.41, 12.73) 0.24