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Table 3 Factors associated with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

From: Rates and risk factors for drug resistance tuberculosis in Northeastern China

Variable

Non-MDR, 924

MDR-TB, 88

Univariate

Multivariate

n(%)

n(%)

cOR

95% CI

p-Value

aOR

95% CI

p-Value

Female gender

232(25.1)

32(36.4)

1.704

1.077–2.697

0.022

1.763

1.060–2.934

0.029

Age 28–54 yr

219(23.7)

35(39.8)

2.914

1.502–5.652

0.002

2.224

1.158–4.273

0.016

migrant population

7(0.8)

2(2.3)

3.047

0.623–14.894

0.181*

4.385

0.807–23.821

0.087

Previous TB treatment

142(15.4)

54(61.4)

8.746

5.495–13.922

<0.001

8.910

5.478–14.492

<0.001

Rural areas

790(85.5)

69(78.4)

0.616

0.359–1.057

0.076

0.583

0.321–1.058

0.076

  1. cOR, crude odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio, adjusted for sex, age, migrant population, treatment history and region. Values in boldface indicate a significant (P<0.05) difference between Non-MDR and MDR-TB.