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Table 2 Crude and adjusted odds ratios comparing sectors with higher and lower densities of TB cases

From: Spatial distribution of tuberculosis from 2002 to 2012 in a midsize city in Brazil

Variable

Crude odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)

Adjusted odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)

Income (≤ one minimum salary)

0.97 (0.95–0.99)

0.98 (0.95–1.08)

Percentage literacy

1.03 (0.94–1.1)

0.93 (0.81–1.05)

Population densitya

 0

1.0

1.0

 1

2.98 (0.9–9.8)

2.7 (0.82–9.28)

 2

8.0 (2.6–24.7)

7.5 (2.4–23.5)

 3

14.7 (4.8–44.7)

13.7 (4.4–42.8)

  1. aPopulation density ranges: 0 < 2.12 inhabitants/m2; 1 = 2.12–5.27 inhabitants/m2; 2 = 5.27–8.3 inhabitants/m2; 3 > 8.3 inhabitants/m2