Assessment of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Behavioural- and clinical-related characteristics of PTB-suspected patients.

Variable	Response	Total (, %)	Smear-positive PTB		COR (95% CI)	value
			Yes (, %)	No (, %)
Contact with suspected TB patients	Yes	43 (19.5)	17 (39.5)	26 (60.5)	3.23 (1.12, 4.48)	0.001
	No	177 (80.5)	23 (13.0)	154 (87.0)	1
Vaccinate for TB	Yes	28 (12.7)	35 (18.2)	23 (82.1)	1.03 (0.36, 2.88)	0.96
	No	192 (87.3)	5 (17.9)	157 (81.8)	1
Smoking cigarette	Yes	5 (2.3)	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	1.36 (1.02, 3.86)	0.03
	No	215 (97.7)	37 (17.2)	178 (82.1)	1
Drinking alcohol	Yes	46 (20.9)	8 (17.4)	38 (82.6)	1.07 (0.45, 2.51)	0.87
	No	174 (78.1)	32 (18.4)	142 (81.6)	1
Drink raw milk	Yes	149 (67.7)	26 (17.4)	123 (82.6)	1.16 (0.56, 2.39)	0.68
	No	71 (32.3)	14 (19.7)	57 (80.3)	1
Chew chat	Yes	26 (11.8)	5 (19.2)	21 (80.8)	0.92 (0.32, 2.62)	0.88
	No	194 (88.2)	35 (18.0)	159 (82.0)	1
HIV serostatus	Negative	203 (92.3)	37 (18.2)	166 (81.8)	0.96 (0.26, 3.52)	0.95
	Positive	17 (7.7)	3 (17.6)	14 (82.4)	1
Previously treated for TB	Yes	47 (21.4)	12 (25.5)	35 (74.5)	0.56 (0.26, 1.22)	0.01
	No	173 (78.6)	28 (16.2)	145 (83.5)	1
Chronic cough (>2 weeks)	Yes	196 (89.1)	161 (82.1)	35 (17.9)	0.83 (0.28, 2.36)	0.04
	No	24 (10.9)	19 (79.2)	5 (20.8)	1
Production of sputum/cough	Yes	208 (94.5)	38 (18.3)	170 (81.7)	0.71 (1.06, 0.58)	0.04
	No	12 (5.5)	2 (16.7)	10 (83.3)	1
CXR normal	Yes	195 (88.6)	38 (19.5)	157 (80.5)	2.78 (0.63, 12.3)	0.18
	No	25 (11.4)	2 (8.0)	23 (92.0)	1