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

Table 3

Multivariable analysis of risk factors significantly associated with smear-positive PTB.

Variable	Response	Smear-positive PTB		AOR (95% CI)	value
		Positive (%)	Negative (%)
Contact to a TB patient	Yes	17 (39.5)	26 (60.5)	2.48 (1.47, 5.23)	0.001
	No	23 (13.0)	154 (87.0)	1
Smoking cigarette	Yes	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	1.14 (0.2, 2.98)	0.003
	No	37 (17.2)	178 (82.1)	1
Previously treated for TB	Yes	12 (25.5)	35 (74.5)	0.91 (0.35, 2.35)	0.09
	No	28 (16.2)	145 (83.5)	1
Chronic cough (>two weeks)	Yes	161 (82.1)	35 (17.9)	0.73 (0.22, 0.94)	0.05
	No	19 (79.2)	5 (20.8)	1
Production of sputum/cough	Yes	38 (18.3)	170 (81.7)	0.71 (1.06, 0.58)	0.04
	No	2 (16.7)	10 (83.3)	1

Key: = significantly associated; = strongly associated; 1 = reference.