Table 5 Factors associated with mortality among persons with BC-PTB in rural eastern Uganda
| Characteristics | Level | Alive n = 906 (91.8%) | Died n = 81 (8.2%) | Modified Poisson regression analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted analysis (RR, 95% CI) | Adjusted analysis (RR, 95% CI) | ||||||
| District | Soroti | 418 (46.1) | 45 (55.6) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Kumi | 213 (23.5) | 15 (18.5) | 0.68 | (0.39,1.19) | 0.74 | (0.25,2.18) | |
| Ngora | 125 (13.8) | 16 (19.8) | 1.17 | (0.68,2.00) | 1.74 | (0.63,4.82) | |
| Serere | 150 (16.6) | 5 (6.2) | 0.33* | (0.13,0.82) | 0.57 | (0.18,1.88) | |
| Level of health facility | Health Center IV | 386 (42.6) | 22 (27.2) | Ref | Ref | ||
| District Hospital | 182 (20.1) | 19 (23.5) | 1.75 | (0.97,3.16) | 1.38 | (0.69,2.75) | |
| Referral Hospital | 338 (37.3) | 40 (49.4) | 1.96** | (1.19,3.24) | 1.99 | (0.81,4.89) | |
| Year of TB treatment | 2015 | Ref | Ref | ||||
| One year increase | 0.78** | (0.64,0.93) | 0.80* | (0.66,0.97) | |||
| Age group | 15–34 | 436 (48.1) | 24 (29.6) | Ref | Ref | ||
| 35–50 | 297 (32.8) | 31 (38.3) | 1.81* | (1.08,3.03) | 1.56 | (0.96,2.55) | |
| > 50 | 173 (19.1) | 26 (32.1) | 2.50*** | (1.47,4.25) | 2.93*** | (1.74,4.92) | |
| HIV status | Negative | 673 (74.3) | 31 (38.3) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Positive | 233 (27.7) | 50 (61.7) | 4.01*** | (2.62,6.15) | 4.48*** | (2.95,6.79) | |
| Type of DOTS | Facility | 36 (4.0) | 9 (11.1) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Community | 870 (96.0) | 72 (88.9) | 0.38** | (0.20,0.71) | 0.26*** | (0.13,0.50) | |