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Table 3 Factors associated with death in the study population, 2010a

From: Comparison of characteristics and mortality in multidrug resistant (MDR) and non-MDR tuberculosis patients in China

Patient attributes

Unadjusted HR

p-value

Adjusted HR

p-value

(95 % CI)

(95 % CI)

Male sex

1 · 50 (0 · 83-2 · 71)

0.17

1 · 39 (0 · 76-2 · 56)

0.28

Age groups (years)

  ≤ 44

1

 

1

 

 45-59

2.02 (1.04-3.92)

0.04

1.46 (0.73-2.94)

0.28

 60~

2.82 (1.52-5.25)

0.001

1.80 (0.88-3.66)

0.10

Drug resistance status

Non-MDR-TB

1.00

 

1.00

 

MDR-TB

2 · 29 (1 · 41-3 · 71)

0.001

1 · 86 (1 · 09-3 · 13)

0.02

Education

  ≥ Middle school

1.00

 

1.00

 

  ≤ Primary school

3 · 18 (1 · 84-5 · 46)

<0.001

2 · 51 (1 · 34-4 · 70)

0.004

Number of bedrooms in patient’s home

  ≥ 4

1.00

 

1.00

 

  ≤ 3

1 · 7 (1 · 01-2 · 86)

0.04

0 · 99 (0 · 56-1 · 75)

0.97

Annual household income (Yuan)

  ≥ 10,000

1.00

 

1.00

 

  < 10,000

2 · 09 (1 · 27-3 · 43)

0.004

1 · 50 (0 · 87-2 · 59)

0.14

Received TB treatment

2.12 (1.23-3.66)

0.007

1.82 (1.02-3.26)

0.04

  1. aThose with missing values were excluded from the comparisons