Clinical profiles of subclinical disease among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study in South Korea

Table 3 Multivariable analysis for factors associated with subclinical tuberculosis diseases compared to active tuberculosis disease

Variables	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
Male	1.11 (0.65–1.94)	0.690
Age < 65 years	2.12 (1.18–3.82)	0.012
Foreigners	2.40 (0.77–7.46)	0.129
BMI < 18.5 kg/m²	0.60 (0.25–1.45)	0.255
Chronic respiratory diseases	0.36 (0.08–1.60)	0.180
Initial AFB smear test (+)	0.56 (0.25–1.23)	0.149
Initial AFB culture test (+)	0.80 (0.44–1.47)	0.469
Initial NAAT (+)	0.54 (0.30–0.99)	0.048

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index, AFB acid-fast bacillus, NAAT nucleic acid amplification test

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