Table 5

Multivariate analysis to identify the clinical and radiographic predictors of miliary TB


Adjusted OR* (95% CI)
P value

Bronchogenic spread of lesion
9.1 (2.1–50.8)
.002
Ground-glass opacity extent >25%
13.3 (2.3–146.1)
.003
Age ≤30
21.2 (2.7–373.2)
.003
History of malignancy
0.1 (0.0–0.7)
.013
Corticosteroid use
20.0 (1.6–2893.8)
.017
HIV infection
19.9 (1.5–2885.3)
.020

*Penalized maximum likelihood

Profile penalized likelihood confidence interval

Penalized likelihood ratio test

Jin et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:160   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-160