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Table 6 Hierarchical multivariate analysis of the association of TB treatment outcome status and characteristics of subjects with tuberculosis and multimorbidity in Brazil, 2011

From: Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among tuberculosis patients in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics*

OR (95% CI)

Level 1

Gender

Female

1.00

 

Male

1.55 (1.04-2.32)

Age

<20 years

1.00

 

20 –39 years

1.06 (0.09-12;69)

 

40-59 years

0.85 (0.07-9.69

 

> 60 years

1.64 (0.14-18.62)

Skin color

White

1.00

 

Non-white

0.71 (0.47-1.08)

Level 2

Institutionalization

No

1.00

 

Yes

2.85 (1.12-7.28)

Level 3

HIV

Negative

1.00

 

Positive

3.93 (1.86-8.30)

Level 4

Type of TB treatment

New case

1.00

 

Relapse

1.81 (0.82-4.01)

 

Return after abandonment

7.53 (2.58-21.97)

 

Transferred

2.76 (1.20-6.38)

DOTS realized

No

1.00

 

Yes

0.48 (0.29-0.78)

  1. DOTS Directly observed treatment short, MM Multimorbidity, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, TB Tuberculosis.
  2. *Covariates with p < 0.01 followed to next level of hierarchical model.