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Table 3 Association between age and co-morbidityand adverse events in TB patients in Shaanxi province, China

From: Factors associated with low cure rate of tuberculosis in remote poor areas of Shaanxi Province, China: a case control study

  

Age

   
 

n

>60 year (%)

≤60 year (%)

OR

95% CI

p-value

Co-morbidity

     

0.02

No

562

117(20.8)

445(79.2)

1

  

Yes

42

15(35.7)

27(64.3)

2.11

1.09-4.10

 

Adverse events

     

0.01

No

353

65(18.4)

288(81.6)

1

  

Yes

286

77(26.9)

209(73.1)

1.63

1.10-2.42

 
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