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Table 5 Predictors for pulmonary impairment in 144 US- born patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

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

 

OR (95%CI)

P-value

Age (years)

1.05 (1.02, 1.08)

0.001

Ever-Smokers*

1.77 (0.73, 4.29)

0.208

Non-Hispanic Whites †

4.94 (1.13, 21.63)

0.034

Non-Hispanic Blacks †

3.51 (0.81, 15.12)

0.093

Asians †

0.95(0.05, 18.57)

0.971

Constant

0.04

0.003

  1. Comparison groups; *Ever-Smokers versus Never-Smokers; † Hispanics; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval; The patients whose race/ethnicity was designated 'other' are excluded in this analysis