Assessment of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among Patients Visiting Health Facilities of Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of TB-suspected patients with smear-positive PTB and prevalence.

Variable	Response	Total (, %)	Smear-positive PTB		COR (95% CI)	value
			-ve (, %)	+ve (, %)
Sex	Male	119 (54.1)	98 (82.4)	21 (17.6)	1.08 (0.54, 2.15)	0.82
	Female	101 (45.9)	82 (81.2)	19 (18.8)	1
Age	18-29	92 (42.0)	72 (78.3)	20 (21.7)	1
	30-39	48 (29.1)	40 (83.3)	8 (16.7)	1.8 (0.54, 6.05)	0.34
	40-49	33 (15.1)	27 (81.8)	6 (18.2)	1.20 (0.38, 3.74)	0.75
	≥50	46 (21.0)	40 (87.0)	6 (13)	0.86 (0.21, 3.56)	0.84
Place of residence	Urban	86 (39.1)	72 (83.7)	14 (16.3)	0.81 (0.39, 1.65)	0.56
	Rural	134 (60.9)	108 (80.6)	26 (19.4)	1
Marital status	Single	60 (27.3)	47 (78.3)	13 (21.7)	1
	Married	160 (72.7)	133 (83.1)	27 (16.9)	1.36 (0.65, 2.86)	0.41
Educational status	No education	62 (28.2)	52 (83.9)	10 (16.1)	1
	Primary	92 (41.8)	73 (79.3)	19 (20.7)	1.41 (0.35, 5.62)	0.63
	Secondary	41 (18.6)	33 (80.5)	8 (19.5)	1.92 (0.52, 7.06)	0.33
	College/university	25 (11.4)	22 (88.0)	3 (12.0)	1.78 (0.42, 7.45)	0.43
Religion	Orthodox	49 (22.3)	41 (83.7)	8 (16.3)	1
	Protestant	157 (71.4)	127 (80.9)	30 (19.1)	1.17 (0.22, 6.27)	0.85
	Muslim	14 (87.7)	12 (85.7)	2 (14.3)	1.42 (0.30, 6.67)	0.66
Occupation	Government employee	33 (15.0)	29 (87.9)	4 (12.1)	1
	Farmer	55 (25)	41 (74.5)	14 (25.5)	0.89 (0.23, 3.74)	0.87
	Merchant	17 (7.7)	15 (88.2)	2 (11.8)	2.22 (0.77, 6.35)	0.13
	Daily labor	26 (11.8)	21 (80.8)	5 (19.2)	0.86 (0.15, 4.78)	0.87
	Student	44 (20.0)	35 (79.5)	9 (20.5)	1.54 (0.42, 5.67)	0.51
	Housewife	45 (20.5)	39 (86.7)	6 (13.3)	1.67 (0.54, 5.17)	0.37
HH monthly income	<2000	79 (35.9)	60 (75.9)	19 (24.1)	1
	2001-7000	131 (59.5)	110 (84.0)	21 (16.0)	5.59 (0.69, 14.6)	0.11
	≥7001	13 (4.5)	8 (85.2)	5 (14.8)	3.24 (0.41, 12.73)	0.24