Latent tuberculosis infection in a Malaysian prison: implications for a comprehensive integrated control program in prisons

Table 2 Correlates of tuberculin skin test reactivity (N = 286)

Variable	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	OR	95% CI	p value	AOR	95% CI	p value
HIV-seropositive
Yes	Referent
No	2.23	1.03-4.83	0.04	2.97	1.25-7.04	0.01
Age, years	1.02	0.97-1.07	0.36
Gender
Female	Referent
Male	2.28	0.60-8.67	0.22
Ethnicity
Non-Malay	Referent
Malay	0.75	0.33-1.69	0.49
Completed primary education
Yes	Referent
No	1.17	0.52-2.65	0.70
Pre-incarceration employment
Yes	Referent
No	0.92	0.25-3.25	0.89
Pre-incarceration stable housing
Yes	Referent
No	0.6	0.25-1.45	0.26
Pre-incarceration Alcohol consumption
No	Referent
Yes	0.89	0.39-1.99	0.76
Current prison sentence (months)	1.01	0.99-1.03	0.12	1.01	0.99-1.03	0.11
Duration in prison currently (days)	1.00	0.99-1.01	0.79
Ever incarcerated previously
No	Referent
Yes	1.68	0.71-4.00	0.24
Number of previous incarcerations (times)	1.10	0.97-1.25	0.14	1.22	1.04-1.42	0.01
Total duration of previous incarcerations (months)	1.00	0.99-1.01	0.24
Ever shared needles before incarceration
No	Referent
Yes	0.87	0.41-1.82	0.71
BCG vaccination
No	Referent
Yes	1.67	0.53-5.24	0.38

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