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Table 2 Likelihood of treatment discontinuation <25 weeks after treatment initiation: logistic regression results
| Univariate regression | Multivariate regressions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | All patients | Patients with prior TB | Patients with no prior TB | |||||
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Prior TB status | ||||||||
| Prior TB treatment episode | 6.15* | (2.60 - 14.53) | 4.77* | (1.98 - 11.53) | ||||
| Prior TB & completed prior treatment | 0.23* | (0.09 - 0.60) | 0.22* | (0.08 - 0.59) | 0.15* | (0.03 - 0.73) | ||
| Current illness treatment and illness characteristics | ||||||||
| Total weeks from symptom onset to treatment initiation | 1.00 | (0.95 - 1.05) | 1.02 | (0.97 - 1.07) | 1.04 | (0.90 - 1.20) | 1.02 | (0.97 - 1.08) |
| Number of Providers visited | 4.68* | (2.64 - 8.27) | 3.67* | (1.94 - 6.95) | 3.08 | (0.46 - 20.45) | 5.62* | (2.32 - 13.66) |
| Treatment or medication fees | 6.83* | (2.18 - 21.41) | 4.60* | (1.38 - 15.40) | 1.13 | (0.08 - 16.48) | 6.32* | (1.43 - 28.00) |
| Travel costs | 2.70* | (1.07 - 6.82) | 2.55* | (1.03 - 6.33) | 1.43 | (0.13 - 16.08) | 4.39* | (1.36 - 14.13) |
| Treatment, medication and travel costs | 0.21* | (0.06 - 0.69) | 0.34 | (0.10 - 1.18) | 1.04 | (0.05 - 21.04) | 0.19 | (0.03 - 1.06) |
| 2 or fewer symptoms at treatment initiation** | 1.18 | (0.75 - 1.85) | 1.62 | (0.96 - 2.73) | 4.20* | (1.26 - 13.92) | 1.29 | (0.76 - 2.21) |
| 3-4 symptoms at treatment initiation** | 1.38 | (0.74 - 2.56) | 1.54 | (0.83 - 2.86) | 2.55 | (0.66 - 9.95) | 1.16 | (0.65 - 2.09) |
| Patient and household characteristics | ||||||||
| Male | 1.29 | (0.85 - 1.95) | 1.32 | (0.82 - 2.14) | 1.02 | (0.39 - 2.69) | 1.34 | (0.81 - 2.22) |
| Age | 0.96 | (0.91 - 1.00) | 0.96 | (0.91 - 1.01) | 0.84 | (0.70 - 1.01) | 0.98 | (0.93 - 1.03) |
| Age squared | 1.00 | (1.00 - 1.00) | 1.00 | (1.00 - 1.00) | 1.00* | (1.00 - 1.00) | 1.00 | (1.00 - 1.00) |
| Education | 1.01 | (0.96 - 1.06) | 0.99 | (0.93 - 1.06) | 0.75* | (0.58 - 0.98) | 1.01 | (0.95 - 1.07) |
| Hindu | 0.83 | (0.51 - 1.35) | 0.81 | (0.47 - 1.40) | 0.25* | (0.08 - 0.78) | 0.97 | (0.51 - 1.84) |
| Scheduled Caste, Tribe, other backwards class | 0.87 | (0.53 - 1.44) | 0.84 | (0.47 - 1.50) | 0.36 | (0.08 - 1.71) | 1.02 | (0.51 - 2.02) |
| Number of Kids | 0.95 | (0.82 - 1.09) | 1.02 | (0.86 - 1.21) | 0.80 | (0.53 - 1.20) | 1.08 | (0.89 - 1.31) |
| Household size | 0.97 | (0.88 - 1.06) | 0.96 | (0.86 - 1.07) | 1.35 | (0.97 - 1.88) | 0.92 | (0.81 - 1.04) |
| Poor | 1.09 | (0.68 - 1.74) | 0.97 | (0.56 - 1.66) | 0.76 | (0.14 - 4.11) | 1.27 | (0.73 - 2.19) |
| Middle income | 0.70 | (0.36 - 1.36) | 0.86 | (0.48 - 1.54) | 0.99 | (0.30 - 3.20) | 0.95 | (0.56 - 1.61) |
| Observations | 1007 | 1007 | 196 | 811 | ||||
