Research Article

Predictors of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis among High-Risk Population Diagnosed under National Program Conditions in the Littoral Region, Cameroon

Table 3

Indicators of drug resistance.

CharacteristicsResistant
(%)
Sensitive
(%)
Crude odds ratio (95% CI) valueAdjusted odds ratio (95% CI) value

Gender
 Female37 (4.6)776 (95.4)11
 Male49 (5.8)803 (94.2)1.28 (0.83–2.0)0.271.18 (0.73-1.930.50
Age group (years)
  < 162 (2.1)92 (97.9)11
 16-3028 (4.9)538 (95.1)2.08 (0.91-4.72)0.0811.87 (0.75-4.65)0.177
 31-4530 (4.7)610 (95.3)2.20 (0.97-4.98)0.0592.05 (0.85-4.95)0.110
 46-6018 (6.4)265 (93.6)1.59 (0.67-3.80)0.2961.30 (0.52-3.23)0.575
  >608 (9.8)74 (90.2)4.98 (1.02-24.39)0.0472.67 (0.51-14.1)0.244
Marital status
 Single26 (3.5)715 (96.5)11
 Married60 (6.5)864 (93.5)1.91 (1.19-3.06)0.0061.51 (0.89-2.55)0.128
Year of enrolment
 201749 (3.7)1288 (96.3)11
 201637 (11.3)291 (88.7)3.34 (2.14-5.22)< 0.0013.21 (2.01-5.11)< 0.001
Incarceration
 No63 (4.6)1305 (95.4)1
 Yes23 (7.7)274 (92.3)1.74 (1.06-2.85)0.0271.55 (0.83-2.92)0.169
Income level (XAF; 50,000 )
  > 100,00010 (5.9)159 (94.1)11
 50,000-100,0008 (6.7)112 (93.3)1.14 (0.44-2.97)0.7951.48 (0.52-4.21)0.462
  < 50,00068 (4.9)1308 (95.1)0.83 (0.42-1.64)0.5851.03 (0.50-2.14)0.938
Previous TB history
 No19 (4.4)416 (95.6)11
 Yes67 (5.4)1163 (94.6)1.26 (0.75-2.12)0.3821.10 (0.59-2.04)0.776
HIV-1 status
 Negative58 (4.7)1167 (95.3)11
 Positive28 (6.4)412 (93.6)1.37 (0.86-2.18)0.1851.39 (0.86-2.25)0.179
Previous contacts with a TB case
 No58 (4.4)1256 (95.6)11
 Yes28 (8.0)323 (92.0)1.88 (1.18–3.0)0.0071.90 (1.17-3.10)0.010
Smoking
 No71 (5.5)1209 (94.5)11
 Yes15 (3.9)370 (96.1)0.69 (0.39-1.22)0.1990.59 (0.32-1.09)0.093
Alcohol
 No35 (4.4)760 (95.6)11
 Yes51 (5.9)819 (94.1)1.35 (0.87-2.10)0.1791.20 (0.74-1.94)0.470