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Table 3 Multiple logistic regression analyses for risk factors of passive vs. active TB surveillance algorithm and vice versa were respectively presented

From: Nationwide surveillance algorithms for tuberculosis among immigrant workers from highly endemic countries following pre-entry screening in Taiwan

Covariates

Passive surveillance

(illness diagnostics)

Active surveillance

(post-entry screenings)

adjusted OR (95%CI)

P-value

adjusted OR (95%CI)

P-value

Chest X-ray normality

4,025,604.84 (0.0–1.0E12)

0.909

0.0 (0- > 1.0E12)

0.909

Sputum culture positivity

1.5 (1.2–1.8)

0.0004

0.9 (0.6–0.8)

0.001

Sputum smear positivity

1.5 (1.1–2.0)

0.005

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.006

Concurrent TB extrapulmonary TB

8.9 (4.5–17.4)

0.000

0.1 (0.1–0.2)

0.000

Vietnam nationality

1.3 (1.0–1.7)

0.032

0.7 (0.5–9)

0.022

  1. Statistically significant (P < 0.05 for 95%)
  2. OR = Odds ratio; CI =  confidence interval