Table 5 Predictors of treatment outcome in Children with TB
From: Treatment outcomes of childhood tuberculosis in Addis Ababa: a five-year retrospective analysis
Characteristics | Treatment outcome | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Successful No (%) | Unfavorable No (%) | COR (95 % CI) | P value | AOR (95 % CI) | P value | |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 232 (85.3) | 40 (15.1) | Referent | |||
Male | 188 (86.1) | 31 (13.9) | 0.96 (0.56–1.64) | 0.97 | 0.97 (0.97–1.67) | 0.97 |
Age in years | ||||||
< 1 | 24 (72.7) | 9 (27.3) | Referent | |||
1–4 | 64 (85.0) | 10 (15.0) | 0.43 (0.14–1.28) | 0.15 | 0.64 (0.63–1.35) | 0.15 |
5–9 | 123 (88.5) | 16 (11.5) | 0.35 (0.13–0.97) | 0.05 | 0.59 (0.62–0.97) | 0.04a |
10–14 | 213 (87.1) | 32 (12.9) | 0.40 (0.16–1.02) | 0.07 | 0.58 (0.56–1.03 | 0.06 |
Type of TB | ||||||
SPPTB | 34 (81.0) | 8 (19.0) | Referent | |||
SNPTB | 175 (85.0) | 31 (15.0) | 0.66 (0.22–2.06) | 0.66 | 0.77 (0.59–2.22) | 0.68 |
EPTB | 211 (86.8) | 32 (13.2) | 0.65 (0.26–1.66) | 0.43 | 0.73 (0.96–1.74) | 0.44 |
Category of TB | ||||||
New | 389 (85.7) | 65 (14.3) | Referent | |||
Retreatment | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 3.99 (0.46–30.03) | 0.31 | 4.1 (0.49–30.31) | 0.33 |
Transfer in | 15 (83.1) | 4 (16.9) | 1.60 (0.43–5.35) | 0.60 | 1.65 (0.49–5.60) | 0.63 |
HIV status | ||||||
Negative | 196 (93.8) | 13 (6.2) | Referent | |||
Positive | 58 (70.7) | 24 (29.3) | 6.24 (2.83–13.91) | P < 0.01 | 6.66 (3.07–14.47) | 0.00a |
Unknown | 165 (82.5) | 35 (17.0) | 3.20 (1.57–6.61) | P < 0.01 | 3.44 (1.67–6.96) | 0.00a |