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Table 1 Crude cure analysis of new TB cases and socioeconomic variables (N = 14,384). City of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil, 2012–2014

From: Spatial analysis of tuberculosis cure in primary care in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Variables (N = 14,384)

Cure

OR

95% CI

p-value

Yes

No

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age

 0 to 25 years

2759

26.2%

926

24.0%

3685

25.6%

1.00

  

  > 25 to 50 years

4865

46.2%

1908

49.5%

6773

47.1%

0.86

0.78–0.94

< 0.001b

  > 50 to 80 years

2745

26.1%

923

23.9%

3668

25.5%

1.00

0.9–1.11

0.975

  > 80 years

96

0.9%

74

1.9%

170

1.2%

0.44

0.32–0.59

< 0.001b

 Missing

65

0.6%

23

0.6%

88

0.6%

0.95

0.59–1.53

0.839

Sex

 Male

6264

59.5%

2655

68.9%

8919

62.0%

1.00

  

 Female

4264

40.5%

1199

31.1%

5463

38.0%

1.51

1.39–1.63

< 0.001b

Race/color

 White

4243

40.3%

1169

30.3%

5412

37.6%

1.00a

  

 Non-white

5570

52.9%

2269

58.9%

7839

54.5%

0.68

0.62–0.73

< 0.001b

 Missing

717

6.8%

416

10.8%

1133

7.9%

0.47

0.41–0.54

< 0.001b

Schooling

 Illiterate

3186

30.3%

1307

33.9%

4493

31.2%

1.00a

  

 Complete primary

1747

16.6%

496

12.9%

2243

15.6%

1.44

1.28–1.63

< 0.001b

 Complete secondary

1923

18.3%

389

10.1%

2312

16.1%

2.03

1.79–2.3

< 0.001b

 University

619

5.9%

100

2.6%

719

5.0%

2.54

2.04–3.17

< 0.001b

 Missing

3055

29.0%

1562

40.5%

4617

32.1%

0.80

0.73–0.88

< 0.001b

Head-of-household’s mean monthly income (BRL)

      

1.001

1.001–1.004

< 0.001b

Mean number of residents in permanent private households

      

0.77

0.69–0.85

< 0.001b

% permanent households with electricity

      

2.16

0.57–8.06

< 0.001b

Mean number of bathrooms per household

      

1.33

1.20–1.48

< 0.001b

Elderly rate

      

5.87

2.77–12.43

< 0.001b

  1. SOURCE: Municipal Databases, SINAN (DATASUS/MS) and IBGE, 2010. Updated 10 January 2016
  2. Abbreviations: n sampling size, OR odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, p-value - significance level
  3. a reference category; b statistical significance p < 0.05