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Table 2 Factors associated with conduction of TB-screening – aOR from logistic regression

From: Factors associated with performing tuberculosis screening of HIV-positive patients in Ghana: LASSO-based predictor selection in a large public health data set

Dummy-variable chosen by LASSO

Number enrolledn [%]

Odds ratio

95 % CI

P-value

Time since HIV diagnosis (years)

   

0.003

  > 0 (and not available)

703 [64.65] (32 [2.93])

1

  

 0

354 [32.42]

1.844

1.237–2.753

 

HIV Type

   

<0.001

 available

787 [72.07]

1

  

 not available

305 [27.93]

0.562

0.409–0.771

 

CD4+ T cell count/(μl*100)

504 [46.15]

0.924

0.882–0.966

<0.001

Haemoglobin in g/dL

512 [46.89]

0.9734

0.949–0.999

0.041

Combination therapy with Lamivudine

   

0.858

 yes

516 [47.25]

0.967

0.668–1.399

 

 no

576 [52.75]

1

  

Information on acute fever

   

<0.001

 available

685 [62.73]

1

0.369–0.707

 

 not available

407 [37.27]

0.511

  

Chronic cough (past Six months)

   

0.013

 yes

32 [2.93]

5.065

1.622–22.677

 

 no (and not available)

1,059 [96.98] (1 [0.09])

1

  

Intake of regular medicine

   

0.661

 yes

362 (33.15)

1.089

0.743–1.596

 

 no (and not available)

728 [66.67] (2 [0.18])

1

  

Intake of co-trimoxazole

    

 yes

271 [24.82]

2.311

1.523–3.536

<0.001

 no

821 [75.18]

1

  

Supplementation with vitamins

   

<0.001

 yes

220 [20.15]

2.641

1.722–4.101

 

 no

872 [79.85]

1

  

Use of mosquito bed net

   

0.004

 yes

613 [56.14]

1.535

1.149–2.0515

 

 no (and not available)

477 [43.68] (2 [0.18])

1

  
  1. Total number of observations = 1,092; TB Tuberculosis, Pseudo R-squared = 0.24