From: Risk factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil
Total delay in treatment | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical features and symptoms | Unacceptable (> 60 days) | Acceptable (≤ 60 days) | Crude OR | 95% CI | P value | ||
N | % | N | % | ||||
Previous TB treatment | |||||||
Yes | 147 | 60.5 | 96 | 39.5 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 537 | 62.5 | 322 | 37.5 | 1.08 | 0.81 – 1.45 | 0.5666 |
Total | 684 | - | 418 | - | - | - | - |
Productive cough | |||||||
Yes | 418 | 62.4 | 252 | 37.6 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 259 | 61.1 | 165 | 38.9 | 0.94 | 0.73 – 1.21 | 0.6655 |
Total | 686 | - | 419 | - | - | - | - |
Haemoptysis | |||||||
Yes | 94 | 56.6 | 72 | 43.4 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 585 | 62.9 | 345 | 37.1 | 1.29 | 0.92 – 1.81 | 0.1256 |
Total | 679 | - | 417 | - | - | - | - |
Loss of weight | |||||||
Yes | 451 | 59.6 | 306 | 40.4 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 225 | 68.8 | 102 | 31.2 | 1.49 | 1.13 – 1.97 | 0.0041 |
Total | 676 | - | 408 | - | - | - | - |
HIV co-infection | 0.6964 | ||||||
Yes | 219 | 63.8 | 124 | 36.2 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 18 | 64.3 | 10 | 35.7 | 0.98 | 0.43 – 2.19 | 0.9631 |
Not known | 449 | 61.3 | 284 | 38.7 | 0.87 | 0.39 – 1.92 | 0.7467 |
Total | 686 | - | 418 | - | - | - | - |
Acid fast bacilli in sputum | |||||||
Yes | 477 | 64.1 | 267 | 35.9 | 1.00 | - | - |
No | 102 | 63.4 | 59 | 36.6 | 0.96 | 0.67 – 1.37 | 0.8557 |
Total | 579 | - | 326 | - | - | - | - |