Table 2 MLR: Socio demographic and clinical factors associated with unsuccessful treatment outcome among childhood tuberculosis September 2007–august 2016 Tigray, Ethiopia. N = 841
Socio and clinical factors | Number of cases | Unadjusted | Adjusted by age, sex, HIV and TB type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Unsuccessful (%) | ORa | 95% CI | ORa | 95% CI | |
Sex | ||||||
Female | 560 | 72 (12.8) | 1.65 | 1.01–2.71a | 1.79 | 1.07–3.00b |
Male | 281 | 23 (8.1) | 1 | 1 | ||
Age category | ||||||
0–5 | 268 | 55 (20) | 3.44 | 2.22–5.33a | 3.35 | 2.11–5.33b |
6–14 | 573 | 40 (6.9) | 1 | 1 | ||
Residency | ||||||
Rural | 467 | 63 (13.6) | 0.60 | 0.38–0.94a | 0.65 | 0.40–1.03 |
Urban | 374 | 32 (8.5) | 1 | 1 | ||
TB type | ||||||
P-Positive | 60 | 9 (15) | 1.88 | 0.87–4.07 | 2.56 | 1.13–5.77b |
P-Negative | 256 | 41 (16) | 2.03 | 1,29–.3.19a | 1.84 | 1.14–2.97b |
E. pulmonary | 525 | 45 (8.5) | 1 | 1 | ||
HIV status | ||||||
Unknown | 188 | 36 (19) | 2.37 | 1.50–3.76a | 2.439 | 1.507–3.95b |
Positive | 57 | 5 (8.7) | 0.96 | 0.37–2.52 | 0.76 | 0.28–2.05 |
Negative | 596 | 54 (9) | 1 | 1 | ||