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Table 4 Demographic/clinical characteristics associated with being HIV positive as determined by multivariable log binomial regression analysis of 736 TB cases diagnosed at Kality Federal Prison, Ethiopia during 2009–2017

From: Patient characteristics associated with different types of prison TB: an epidemiological analysis of 921 TB cases diagnosed at an Ethiopian prison

Characteristics

Being HIV positive

P valuea

Adj. PR

(95% CI)

Age

 18–24

0.42

(0.28, 0.62)

< 0.01

 25–44

1.08

(0.81, 1.44)

0.60

 45–64

Ref

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Previous history of TB

 Yes

1.37

(1.10, 1.71)

0.01

 No

Ref

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TB diagnosis

 CD-PTB

1.32

(1.02, 1.72)

0.04

 EPTB

0.91

(0.65, 1.25)

0.55

 MC-PTB

Ref

Ref

 
  1. Adj. PR adjusted prevalence ratio, CI confidence interval, CD-PTB clinically diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis, MC-PTB microbiologically confirmed PTB
  2. aP value from Wald Chi Square test