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Table 4 Multivariate Logistic regression analysis of the association between the variables studied and empirical TB treatment for PLHIV complaining of cough, Recife, 2010

From: Empirical treatment for TB in HIV: lessons from a cohort study of people living with HIV treated in Recife, Brazil

 

Odds ratio (IC 95%)

p

CD4 cell count (time varying)

  

≥ 200 cel/mm3

1.0

 

< 200 cel/mm3

3.0 (1.8 – 4.8)

0.000

Anemia

  

No

1.0

 

Yes

3.4 (2.1 – 5.5)

0.000

Loss of weight reported at baseline

  

No

1.0

 

Yes

1.9 (1.2 – 3.0)

0.008

Opportunistic disease reported at baseline

  

No

1.0

 

Yes

2.0 (1.2 – 3.4)

0.005

History of previous TB treatment

  

No

1.0

 

Yes

2.3 (1.4 – 3.8)

0.002

Chest X-ray

  

Normal

1.0

 

Abnormal

2.0 (1.1 – 3.5)

0.016

No performed

0.72 (0.4 – 1.3)

0.253

Sputum smear ABF or M. tuberculosis culture during follow-up

  

No

1.0

 

Negative

2.4 (1.5 - 3.8)

0.000