Table 3 Relationship between carriage of Nontuberculous mycobacteria and M. tuberculosis and characteristics of endoscopy patients at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Variable | Nontuberculous mycobacteria | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number N = 97 | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | Number N = 97 | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | |||||
OR (95% CI) | p value | OR | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR | p value | |||
Sex | ||||||||||
Female | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Male | 3 | 0.63 (0.13–3.00) | 0.55 | 0.28 (0.04–1.94) | 0.20 | 4 | 1.79 (0.31–10.40) | 0.98 | 0.34 (0.03–3.89) | 0.38 |
Age | ||||||||||
Below 45 years | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Above 45 years | 1 | 0.16 (0.02–1.45) | 0.06 | 0.22 (0.02–2.08) | 0.26 | 1 | 5.11 (0.55–47.4) | 0.11 | – | – |
Occupational status | ||||||||||
Unemployed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Employed | 5 | 3.12 (0.56–17.41) | 0.17 | 3.64 (0.53–24.99) | 0.37 | 4 | 2.44 (0.42–14.26) | 0.31 | 7.05 (0.31–162.40) | 0.22 |
Weight loss | ||||||||||
No | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Yes | 1 | 0.72 (0.08–6.42) | 0.76 | 1.67 (0.14–20.38) | 0.69 | 1 | 0.87 (0.09–8.03) | 0.90 | – | |
Anaemia | ||||||||||
No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Yes | 6 | 6.47 (0.70–59.77) | 0.06 | 5.75 (0.54–61.01) | 0.15 | 1 | 1.17 (0.01–1.62) | 0.08 | 0.08 (0.01–1.20) | 0.07 |
HIV | ||||||||||
No | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Yes | 1 | 0.68 (0.07–6.11) | 0.73 | 1.35 (0.12–14.96) | 0.81 | 1 | 1.42 (0.14–14.74) | 0.77 | 4.84 (0.22–04.87) | 0.31 |