Table 2 Associations of testing uptake with baseline characteristics of 112 smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients included in a study on HIV test uptake, Kampala, 2007
From: Low HIV testing rates among tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda
| Had HIV test | Univariable analysis | Multivariable analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||||||
| Variable | N (%) | N (%) | Unadjusted Odds Ratio | 95% CI | Adjusted Odds ratio | 95% CI | p-value |
| Age | |||||||
| ≤ 25 years | 18 (48.7) | 19 (51.3) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| 26-33 years | 12 (33.3) | 24 (66.7) | 0.53 | 0.20-1.36 | 0.10 | 0.02-0.45 | |
| > 33 years | 15 (38.5) | 24 (61.5) | 0.66 | 0.27-1.64 | 0.48 | 0.14-1.65 | 0.004 |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 24 (39.3) | 37 (60.7) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Female | 21 (41.2) | 30 (58.8) | 1.08 | 0.50-2.30 | 3.42 | 1.02-11.40 | 0.037 |
| Education level | |||||||
| Low | 24 (40.0) | 36 (60.0) | 1 | ||||
| High | 21 (40.4) | 31 (59.6) | 1.02 | 0.47-2.17 | - | - | - |
| Employment status | |||||||
| Unemployed | 9 (25.7) | 26 (74.3) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Employed | 36 (46.8) | 41 (53.2) | 0.39 | 0.16-0.95 | 0.20 | 0.05-0.76 | 0.012 |
| Household wealth | |||||||
| Lower tertile | 15 (40.5) | 22 (59.5) | 1 | ||||
| Middle tetile | 13 (35.1) | 24 (64.9) | 0.79 | 0.31-2.04 | - | - | - |
| Higher tertile | 17 (44.7) | 21 (55.3) | 1.19 | 0.47-2.97 | - | - | - |
| Health Facility at which TB was diagnosed | |||||||
| KCC clinic | 16 (21.6) | 58 (78.4) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Hospital | 29 (76.3) | 9 (23.7) | 11.68 | 4.61-29.62 | 24.22 | 6.69-87.73 | <0.001 |
| Previous HIV testing | |||||||
| No | 28 (56.0) | 22 (44.0) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Yes | 17 (27.9) | 44 (72.1) | 0.30 | 0.14-0.67 | 0.15 | 0.05-0.48 | <0.001 |
