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Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of 397 TB cases diagnosed in Malatya, Turkey between January 1st, 2001 and December 31st, 2007 to identify demographic and microbial risk factors for having extrapulmonary TB in Malatya

From: Demographic and microbial characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis cases diagnosed in Malatya, Turkey, 2001-2007

Variable Adjusted OR (95%CI)*
Age   
   0-15 years 1.00 Referent
   16-30 years 0.78 (0.36, 1.71)
   31-45 years 0.73 (0.32, 1.65)
   46-60 years 1.97 (0.87, 4.50)
   ≥ 61 years 1.64 (0.60, 4.51)
   Unknown 0.22 (0.08, 0.64)
Sex   
   Male 1.00 Referent
   Female 1.34 (0.82, 2.19)
   Any DR 1.00 Referent
   Susceptible 1.26 (0.73, 2.18)
   IS6110 Copies   
   ≤ 5 copies 1.00 Referent
   > 5 copies 0.92 (0.51, 1.67)
Spoligotype superfamilies   
   T 1.00 Referent
   Lam 0.62 (0.30, 1.27)
   H 0.72 (0.34, 1.50)
   Undetermined 1.21 (0.59, 2.46)
   Other 0.48 (0.17, 1.40)
Clustered/Unique   
   Cluster 1.00 Referent
   Unique 2.82 (1.59, 5.00)
  1. * Adjusted for all variables
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