Table 1 Biological factors, alcohol and tobacco consumption and total delay in pulmonary tuberculosis treatment. Recife, 2001–2003.
From: Risk factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil
Total delay in treatment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Biological factors | Unacceptable (> 60 days) | Acceptable (≤ 60 days) | Crude OR | 95% CI | P value | ||
N | % | N | % | ||||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 470 | 63.4 | 271 | 36.6 | 1.00 | - | - |
Female | 216 | 59.3 | 148 | 40.7 | 1.18 | 0.91 – 1.53 | 0.1884 |
Total | 686 | - | 419 | - | - | - | - |
Age (years) | 0.1810 | ||||||
18–39 | 344 | 60.2 | 227 | 39.8 | 1.00 | - | - |
40–59 | 280 | 65.4 | 148 | 34.6 | 1.24 | 0.96 – 1.61 | 0.0949 |
≥ 60 | 62 | 58.5 | 44 | 41.5 | 0.92 | 0.61 – 1.41 | 0.7349 |
Total | 686 | - | 419 | - | - | - | - |
Alcohol consumption | 0.5575 | ||||||
None | 338 | 60.7 | 219 | 39.3 | 1.00 | - | - |
Light drinker | 214 | 61.5 | 134 | 38.5 | 1.03 | 0.78 – 1.36 | 0.8075 |
Heavy drinker | 83 | 65.9 | 43 | 34.1 | 1.25 | 0.83 – 1.87 | 0.2800 |
Total | 635 | - | 396 | - | - | - | - |
Cigarette smoking | 0.0010 | ||||||
Never smoked | 213 | 68.9 | 96 | 31.1 | 1.00 | - | - |
Given up smoking | 297 | 56.7 | 227 | 43.3 | 0.58 | 0.43 – 0.79 | 0.0005 |
Ever smoked | 175 | 65.3 | 93 | 34.7 | 0.84 | 0.59 – 1.20 | 0.3545 |
Total | 685 | - | 416 | - | - | - | - |