Table 2 Variables associated with newly diagnosed active TB cases in both periods
Period | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001-2004 | 2005-2008 | ||||||
Variables (n) | Contacts with newly diagnosed active TB case (n = 16) | p value | OR (CI 95%) | Variables (n) | Contacts with newly diagnosed active TB case (n = 35) | p value | OR (CI 95%) |
Index case AFB positive (n =193) | 9 (56.2%) | 0.1 | 0,4 (0.1-1.1) | Index case AFB positive (n = 287) | 22 (62.9%) | 0.2 | 0,6 (0.3-1.2) |
Household contact (n = 620) | 14 (87.5%) | 0.5 | 1,9 (0.4-8.7) | Household contact (n = 761) | 24 (68.6%) | 0.3 | 1,4 (0.7-3.0) |
Smoking contact (n = 81) | 1 (6.2%) | 0.9 | 0,5 (0.07-4.4) | Smoking contact (n = 88) | 6 (17.1%) | 0.04 | 2,7 (1.1-6.8) |
Contacts living in poor areas (slum) (n = 111) | 10 (62.5%) | <0.001 | 9.4 (3.3-26.5) | Contacts living in poor areas (slum) (n = 205) | 11 (36.7%) | 0.01 | 2,6 (1.2-5.7) |
Contacts prisoners/previous hospitalization (n = 26) | 2 (12.5%) | 0.1 | 4,1 (0.9-19.3) | Contacts prisoners/previous hospitalization (n = 35) | 1 (2.9%) | 0.6 | 1.0 (0.1-7.7) |