Table 2 Crude analysis of cure of new TB cases and epidemiological and healthcare 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 | % | ||||
HIV coinfection | |||||||||
 Yes | 606 | 8.0% | 643 | 23.1% | 1249 | 12.1% | 1.00 |  |  |
 No | 6.977 | 92.0% | 2139 | 76.9% | 9116 | 87.9% | 3.46 | 3.07–3.91 | < 0.001b |
HIV test performed | |||||||||
 Positive | 744 | 7.1% | 707 | 18.3% | 1451 | 10.1% | 1.00 |  |  |
 Negative | 7.573 | 71.9% | 1960 | 50.9% | 9533 | 66.3% | 3.67 | 3.28–4.12 | < 0.001b |
 Not performed | 2.213 | 21.0% | 1187 | 30.8% | 3400 | 23.6% | 1.77 | 1.56–2.01 | < 0.001b |
Supervised TB treatment | |||||||||
 Yes | 6.181 | 65.2% | 1895 | 54.9% | 8076 | 62.4% | 1.00 |  |  |
 No | 3.300 | 34.8% | 1556 | 45.1% | 4856 | 37.6% | 0.65 | 0.6–0.7 | < 0.001b |
Contact investigation | |||||||||
 Yes | 8.572 | 81.4% | 2359 | 61.2% | 10,931 | 76.0% | 1.00 |  |  |
 No | 1.958 | 18.6% | 1495 | 38.8% | 3453 | 24.0% | 0.36 | 0.33–0.39 | < 0.001b |
Alcohol abuse | |||||||||
 Yes | 769 | 8.7% | 524 | 17.2% | 1293 | 10.9% | 1.00 |  |  |
 No | 8.066 | 91.3% | 2517 | 82.8% | 10,583 | 89.1% | 2.18 | 1.94–2.46 | < 0.001b |
Time covered by PHC | |||||||||
 4 to 18 months | 1.211 | 26.8% | 417 | 25.8% | 1628 | 26.6% | 1.00 |  |  |
  > 18 to 35 months | 1.766 | 39.1% | 680 | 42.0% | 2446 | 39.9% | 0.89 | 0.78–1.03 | 0.115 |
  > 35 to 41 months | 418 | 9.3% | 124 | 7.7% | 542 | 8.8% | 1.16 | 0.92–1.46 | 0.207 |
  > 41 months | 1.118 | 24.8% | 397 | 24.5% | 1515 | 24.7% | 0.97 | 0.83–1.14 | 0.717 |