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Table 4 Predictors for pulmonary impairment in all 69 Whites, 85 Blacks, 82 Asians and 81 Hispanics with pulmonary tuberculosis

From: Non-hispanic whites have higher risk for pulmonary impairment from pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Non-Hispanic Whites

Non-Hispanic Blacks

Asians

Hispanics

Age (years)

1.06 (1.01, 1.11)*

1.04 (1.00, 1.08)*

0.98 (0.95, 1.01)

1.02 (0.99, 1.05)

US-born †

27.89 (1.02, 766.08)*

0.98 (0.31, 3.06)

0.28 (0.03, 3.08)

1.07 (0.27, 4.17)

Ever Smokers ‡

2.68 (0.48, 14.98)

1.09 (0.38, 3.11)

3.0 (1.15, 7.85)*

1.02 (0.39, 2.64)

Cox & Snell R-Square

0.12

0.06

0.12

0.02

Chi-Square (p-value)

0.029

0.156

0.018

0.624

  1. *p < 0.05; † Reference = Foreign-born; ‡ Reference = Never Smokers; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval