Table 2 Factors associated with TB disease among children who are household contact of TB cases

From: Factors associated with tuberculosis disease among children who are household contacts of tuberculosis cases in an urban setting in Malaysia

Factors (n = 2576)	Crude OR^a	95% CI	p-value	Adj. OR^b	95% CI	p-value
Age group (years)			< 0.001			< 0.001
5–14	1			1
< 5	3.84	(1.90,7.77)		9.48	(3.41,26.36)
Sex			0.238	NS		NS
Male	1
Female	1.52	(0.76,3.04)
Race			0.381	NS		NS
Non-Malay	1
Malay	1.41	(0.65,3.05)
Nationality			0.003	NS		NS
Malaysian	1
Non-Malaysian	3.20	(1.47,6.95)
Residential location			0.331	NS		NS
Kepong	1
Cheras	0.43	(0.16,1.19)
Titiwangsa	0.84	(0.36,1.92)
Lembah Pantai	1.32	(0.43,4.02)
Type of housing			0.183	NS		NS
Low cost	1
Non low-cost	1.77	(0.76,4.09)
Tuberculin skin test (TST)			< 0.001			< 0.001
Negative	1			1
Positive	191.74	(84.49,435.13)		395.73	(134.17,1167.13)
Investigation period (weeks)			< 0.001			< 0.001
≤ 6	1			1
> 6	4.01	(1.99,8.06)		7.48	(2.88,19.43)

^aCrude odd ratio using simple logistic regression; ^bAdjusted odd ratio (multiple logistic regression using Backward likelihood method, Hosmer and Lemenshow test p-value 0.678, Nagelkerke R² = 51.5%); 1 = reference, NS Not significant

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