Table 3 Likelihood of symptom persistence (symptoms at 25 weeks after treatment initiation): logistic regression results
Univariate regression | Multivariate regression | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 4.59* | (2.17 - 9.70) | 5.05* | (1.90 - 13.38) | ||||
Prior TB & completed prior treatment | 1.63 | (0.58 - 4.62) | 2.40 | (0.78 - 7.37) | 0.81 | (0.26 - 2.48) | ||
Current illness treatment and illness characteristics | ||||||||
Total weeks from symptom onset to treatment initiation | 1.01 | (0.97 - 1.05) | 0.96 | (0.91 - 1.01) | 0.95 | (0.86 - 1.05) | 0.96 | (0.89 - 1.02) |
Number of providers visited | 2.73* | (1.42 - 5.25) | 2.06 | (0.93 - 4.56) | 3.76* | (1.00 - 14.11) | 1.10 | (0.25 - 4.86) |
Treatment or medication fees | 2.79* | (1.16 - 6.71) | 1.17 | (0.42 - 3.25) | 1.30 | (0.12 - 14.46) | 1.59 | (0.43 - 5.92) |
Travel costs | 2.16* | (1.10 - 4.27) | 1.89 | (0.91 - 3.92) | 0.73 | (0.06 - 8.66) | 1.74 | (0.81 - 3.70) |
Treatment, medication and travel costs | 0.13* | (0.05 - 0.33) | 0.16* | (0.06 - 0.46) | 1.30 | (0.08 - 22.00) | 0.10* | (0.03 - 0.39) |
Remained in care 0-8 weeks | 1.59 | (0.73 - 3.43) | 0.50 | (0.19 - 1.35) | 0.35 | (0.08 - 1.55) | 0.70 | (0.17 - 2.89) |
Remained in care 9-16 weeks | 0.90 | (0.31 - 2.61) | 0.90 | (0.29 - 2.76) | 0.29 | (0.07 - 1.17) | 2.12 | (0.75 - 6.02) |
2 or Fewer symptoms at treatment initiation** | 0.95 | (0.57 - 1.58) | 1.10 | (0.64 - 1.89) | 0.89 | (0.28 - 2.84) | 1.93 | (0.96 - 3.88) |
3-4 symptoms at treatment initiation** | 0.57 | (0.28 - 1.16) | 0.50 | (0.18 - 1.43) | 0.42 | (0.12 - 1.45) | 1.11 | (0.37 - 3.35) |
Patient and household characteristics | ||||||||
Male | 0.66* | (0.45 - 0.96) | 0.56* | (0.33 - 0.93) | 0.41 | (0.15 - 1.12) | 0.76 | (0.45 - 1.30) |
Age | 0.97 | (0.92 - 1.01) | 0.97 | (0.91 - 1.03) | 0.97 | (0.88 - 1.07) | 0.96 | (0.90 - 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 | 0.95 | (0.91 - 1.00) | 1.02 | (0.95 - 1.09) | 0.99 | (0.87 - 1.13) | 0.99 | (0.92 - 1.06) |
Hindu | 0.65 | (0.41 - 1.03) | 0.54 | (0.27 - 1.08) | 0.61 | (0.10 - 3.94) | 0.49 | (0.22 - 1.08) |
Scheduled Caste, Tribe, other backwards class | 0.85 | (0.52 - 1.38) | 0.90 | (0.51 - 1.59) | 0.71 | (0.09 - 5.56) | 0.92 | (0.46 - 1.86) |
Number of Kids | 1.02 | (0.88 - 1.19) | 1.03 | (0.84 - 1.28) | 0.78 | (0.54 - 1.12) | 1.14 | (0.88 - 1.49) |
Household size | 1.06 | (0.96 - 1.17) | 0.99 | (0.87 - 1.13) | 1.18 | (0.89 - 1.57) | 0.90 | (0.77 - 1.06) |
Poor | 2.37* | (1.44 - 3.91) | 2.94* | (1.51 - 5.72) | 1.89 | (0.66 - 5.38) | 2.91* | (1.49 - 5.68) |
Middle income | 0.86 | (0.45 - 1.63) | 1.02 | (0.52 - 2.00) | 0.81 | (0.24 - 2.73) | 0.84 | (0.48 - 1.47) |
Observations | 1007 | 1007 | 196 | 811 | ||||