From: Effect of smoking on treatment outcome among tuberculosis patients in Malaysia; a multicenter study
Treatment outcome | Total N = 9337 | Never smoked N = 5024 | Ever smoked N = 4313 | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||||
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Crude OR | 95% CI | p-Value | aOR | 95% CI | p-Value | ||||
Cured | |||||||||
 Yes | 5319 (57) | 2900 (57.5) | 2419 (56.1) | 0.93 | 0.86–1.01 | 0.111 | – | – | – |
 No | 4018 (43) | 2124 (42.3) | 1894 (43.9) | 1.00 | – | – | – | ||
Treatment completed | |||||||||
 Yes | 1924 (20.6) | 1117 (22.2) | 807 (18.7) | 0.80 | 0.72–0.89 | < 0.001 | 0.87 | 0.78–0.96 | 0.01 |
 No | 7413 (79.4) | 3907 (77.8) | 3506 (81.3) | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – | ||
Expired | |||||||||
 Yes | 500 (5.4) | 217 (4.3) | 283 (6.6) | 1.55 | 1.29–1.86 | < 0.001 | 1.57 | 1.31–1.89 | < 0.001 |
 No | 8837 (94.6) | 4807 (95.7) | 4030 (93.4) | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – | ||
Defaulters | |||||||||
 Yes | 502 (5.4) | 218 (4.3) | 284 (6.6) | 1.55 | 1.29–1.86 | < 0.001 | 1.57 | 1.31–1.89 | < 0.001 |
 No | 8835 (94.6) | 4806 (95.7) | 4029 (93.4) | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – | ||
Treatment interrupted | |||||||||
 Yes | 369 (4) | 165 (3.3) | 204 (4.7) | 1.46 | 1.18–1.80 | < 0.001 | 1.49 | 1.21–1.84 | < 0.001 |
 No | 8968 (96) | 4859 (96.7) | 4109 (95.3) | 1.00 | – | 1.00 | – | ||
Treatment continued | |||||||||
 Yes | 723 (7.7) | 407 (8.1) | 316 (7.3) | 0.89 | 0.77–1.04 | 0.163 | – | – | – |
 No | 8614 (92.3) | 4617 (91.9) | 3997 (92.7) | 1.00 | – | – | – | ||
Overall treatment success | |||||||||
 Yes | 7240 (77.5) | 4004 (79.7) | 3236 (75) | 0.76 | 0.69–0.84 | < 0.001 | – | – | – |
 No | 2097 (22.5) | 1020 (20.3) | 1077 (25) | 1.00 | – | – | – | – |