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Table 2 Variables significantly associated with smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis (multiple logistic regression – final model)

From: Predicting smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis with classification trees and logistic regression: a cross-sectional study

 

OR

95% CI

p value

Typical X-ray

   

   No

1.00

  

   Yes

2.63

1.55 – 4.45

<0.01

Presence of sputum

   

   No

1.00

  

   Yes

0.53

0.27 – 1.01

0.05

Weight loss

   

   No

1.00

  

   Yes

1.59

0.92 – 2.73

0.09

Age

   

   >60 years

1.00

  

   26–60

2.70

1.21 – 6.01

0.02

   ≤25

3.07

1.09 – 8.61

0.03

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