Assessment of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Multivariable analysis of risk factors significantly associated with smear-positive PTB.
Variable
Response
Smear-positive PTB
AOR (95% CI)
value
Positive (%)
Negative (%)
Contact to a TB patient
Yes
17 (39.5)
26 (60.5)
2.48 (1.47, 5.23)
0.001
No
23 (13.0)
154 (87.0)
1
Smoking cigarette
Yes
3 (60.0)
2 (40.0)
1.14 (0.2, 2.98)
0.003
No
37 (17.2)
178 (82.1)
1
Previously treated for TB
Yes
12 (25.5)
35 (74.5)
0.91 (0.35, 2.35)
0.09
No
28 (16.2)
145 (83.5)
1
Chronic cough (>two weeks)
Yes
161 (82.1)
35 (17.9)
0.73 (0.22, 0.94)
0.05
No
19 (79.2)
5 (20.8)
1
Production of sputum/cough
Yes
38 (18.3)
170 (81.7)
0.71 (1.06, 0.58)
0.04
No
2 (16.7)
10 (83.3)
1
Key: = significantly associated; = strongly associated; 1 = reference.