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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of tuberculosis suspected prison inmates in North Gondar Zone Prisons, February—April 2015 (n = 282)

From: Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in prison settings of North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

Sputum Microscopy result

 

Smear + ve

n (%)

Smear -ve

n (%)

Total

COR (95 % Cl)

P-Value

Adjusted

OR (95 % Cl)

P-value

Age

 15–24

3 (20)

60 (22.3)

63 (22.3)

1

 

1

1

 25–34

6 (40)

93 (35)

99 (35.1)

1.29 (0.31–5.35)

0.72

2.33(0.52–13.69)

0.662

 34–44

2 (13.3)

48 (18)

50 (17.7)

0.83 (0.13–5.19)

0.84

1.45(0.16–13.23)

0.655

  > 45

4 (26.7)

66 (24.7)

70 (24.8)

1.21 (0.26–5.63)

0.80

1.53 (0.24–12.3)

0.890

Sex

 Male

15 (5.3)

262(92.9)

277(98.2)

1

 

1

1

 Female

0(0.0)

5(1.8)

5(1.8)

NC

0.99

1

0.99

Residence

 Urban

2 (13.3)

60 (22.5)

62 (22)

1

 

1

1

 Rural

13(86.7)

207(75.5)

220 (78)

1.88 (0.418.5)

0.413

2.81 (0.38–10.07)

0.317

Education

 No read and write

7(46.7)

134 (50.2)

141(50)

1

 

1

1

 Elementary

6 (40)

101(37.8)

107(37.9)

1.14 (0.37–3.48)

0.820

1.36 (0.38–4.83)

0.217

 High school and above

2 (13.3)

32 (12)

34 (12.1)

1.19 (0.24–6.03)

0.828

4.95 (0.39–62.91)

0.297

Occupation

 Civil servant

0 (0)

13 (4.9)

13 (4.6)

1

 

1

1

 Farmer

14(93.3)

208 (77.9)

222(78.7)

1.08 (0.48–7.31)

0.99

NC

0.99

 Students

1 (6.7)

33 (12.4)

34 (12.1)

4 (0.8–9.2)

0.99

NC

 

Marital status

 Single

5 (33.3)

72 (27)

77 (27.3)

1

 

1

1

 Married

10(66.7)

183 (68.5)

193 (68.4)

0.79 (0.26–2.36)

0.67

0.42 (0.09–1.99)

0.277

 Divorced

0(0)

12 (4.5)

12 (4.3)

0

0.99

NC

0.99

  1. TB pulmonary tuberculosis, OR odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, COR Crude odds ratio, NC Not computed due to small numbers
  2. +ve = positive; -ve = negative
  3. *P 0.05 (significance level)