Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Smear Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients: A Comparative Study
Table 4
Multivariate analysis of factors associated with SNPTB, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
Study variables
;
Health center’s classification
AHRIL’s (cAFB) classification
Concordant by both classification
AOR
(95% CI)
value
AOR
(95% CI)
value
AOR
(95% CI)
value
Female gender
0.81
0.35
1.88
0.627
1.25
0.61
2.57
0.542
1.7
0.5
5.76
0.394
years
1.93
0.6
6.24
0.272
2.7
1.04
7.04
0.042
9.59
1.05
87.38
0.045
Nondaily laborer
_
_
_
_
0.63
0.28
1.41
0.263
2.09
0.54
8.04
0.284
No weight loss
0.74
0.28
1.98
0.548
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
No shortness of breath
0.49
0.21
1.18
0.112
_
_
_
_
0.68
0.19
2.39
0.549
No fever
_
_
_
_
1.96
0.88
4.39
0.102
4.88
1.16
20.54
0.031
No hemoptysis
_
_
_
_
0.3
0.12
0.76
0.011
_
_
_
_
HIV positive
1.42
0.45
4.49
0.552
2.32
0.87
6.16
0.092
2.02
0.46
8.85
0.349
Previous TB
1.64
0.42
6.51
0.479
3.77
1.2
11.9
0.023
8.62
0.92
81.02
0.06
Normal BMI (≥18.5)
_
_
_
_
1.76
0.82
3.77
0.144
3.61
1.01
12.85
0.048
Cavitary lesions
0.35
0.13
0.92
0.034
0.33
0.14
0.77
0.011
0.26
0.08
0.86
0.027
Pleural effusion
1.38
0.45
4.19
0.573
Other imaging findings
_
_
_
_
2.78
0.62
12.56
0.184
1.03
0.17
6.25
0.978
SNPTB: smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis; SPPTB: smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis; cAFB: concentrated AFB. Imaging findings other than those listed in the table (include discrete fibrosis, nodules (discrete, poorly defined), hilar lymphadenopathy, nonspecific signs of pneumonia, and abdominal ascites (only 1 patient)). _Variables that did not have significant values in the univariate analysis.
