Research Article
The Burden of Bacteriologically Negative TB Diagnosis: A Four-Year Review of Tuberculosis Cases at a Tertiary Facility
Table 3
Demographic and clinical factors associated with TB mortality.
| | Parameters | Alive
(%) | Dead
(%) | Bivariate odds ratio (95% CI) | Multivariate odds ratio (95% CI) |
| | Total population | 956 | 483 | | |
| | Age at diagnosis | | | | | | 13–24 | 117 (12.2) | 78 (16.1) | 1.00 | 1.00 | | 25–44 | 460 (48.1) | 217 (44.9) | 0.708 (0.509-0.983) | 0.789 (0.560-1.112) | | 45–64 | 300 (31.4) | 152 (31.5) | 0.760 (0.537-1.075) | 0.801 (0.557-1.152) | | ≥65 | 79 (8.3) | 36 (7.5) | 0.684 (0.420-1.113) | 0.685 (0.412-1.159) |
| | Gender | | | | | | Females | 338 (35.4) | 186 (38.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Males | 618 (64.6) | 297 (61.5) | 0.873 (0.697-1.095) | 0.914 (0.720-1.159) |
| | HIV status | | | | | | Negative | 629 (65.8) | 191 (39.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Positive | 218 (22.8) | 218 (45.1) | 3.293 (2.570-4.220) | 3.261 (2.531-4.202) | | Unknown/refused | 109 (11.4) | 74 (15.3) | 2.336 (1.597-3.131) | 2.168 (1.533-3.066) |
| | TB disease site | | | | | | EPTB | 418 (43.7) | 225 (46.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Pulmonary TB | 531 (55.5) | 255 (52.8) | 0.892 (0.716-1.112) | 0.877 (0.623-1.234) | | Not known | 7 (0.7) | 3 (0.6) | 0.796 (0.204-3.109) | 0.759 (0.183-3.156) |
| | Bacteriological status | | | | | | Confirmed | 352 (36.8) | 146 (30.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Unconfirmed | 554 (57.9) | 303 (62.7) | 1.319 (1.039-1.674) | 0.981 (0.680-1.415) | | Not documented | 50 (5.2) | 34 (7.0) | 1.639 (1.018-2.640) | 1.382 (0.842-2.271) |
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