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Table 2 Factors associated with having a contact investigation conducted

From: Tuberculosis contact tracing yield and associated factors in Uganda

Characteristic

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

OR (95% CI)

p-value

aOR (95% CI)

p-value

Age (years)

    

 < 15

1

 

1

 

 15–34

1.22 (0.64–2.30)

0.546

0.85 (0.44–1.66)

0.641

 34–60

1.71 (0.90–3.26)

0.104

1.26 (0.64–2.46)

0.504

 > 60

3.67 (0.89–15.06)

0.071

2.80 (0.65–12.03)

0.165

District

    

 Kampala

1

 

1

 

 Wakiso

1.07 (0.77–1.49)

0.690

1.10 (0.78–1.54)

0.598

 Other

0.36 (0.09–1.45)

0.149

0.34 (0.08–1.45)

0.145

TB disease class

    

 PBC

1

 

1

 

 PCD

0.59 (0.43–0.80)

0.001

0.60 (0.44–0.83)

0.002

 Extrapulmonary TB

0.45 (0.24–0.82)

0.010

0.48 (0.26–0.89)

0.020

Phone contact available

    

 No

1

 

1

 

 Yes

1.45 (1.06, 2.00)

0.020

1.42 (1.02–1.97)

0.036

  1. TB tuberculosis, PBC pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed TB, PCD pulmonary clinically diagnosed TB