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Factors associated with death versus successful (cure or completed) outcome among childhood TB cases in Thailand, October 2004 to September 2006 |
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| Characteristic |
No. died/total (%) |
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% OI) |
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| Age (in years) |
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| < 5 |
0/51 (0) |
- |
- |
| 5–14 |
17/166 (10) |
- |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
12/111 (11) |
2.8 (0.8–9.7) |
- |
| Female |
5/106 (5) |
Referent |
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| Nationality |
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| Non-Thai |
1/15 (7) |
1.0 (0.1–11.2) |
- |
| Thai |
16/202 (8) |
Referent |
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| Site |
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| National infectious diseases hospital |
4/8 (50) |
7.4 (0.9–58.7) |
7.3 (1.3–41.6) |
| Chiang Rai |
6/104 (6) |
0.8 (0.2–2.9) |
0.8 (0.3–2.6) |
| Other |
7/105 (7) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Diagnosis |
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| Pulmonary, smear-positive |
6/45 (13) |
1.5 (0.4–6.0) |
- |
| Pulmonary, smear-negative |
7/80 (9) |
Referent |
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| Pulmonary, smear-unknown |
0/32 (0) |
- |
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| Extra-pulmonary TB |
4/60 (7) |
0.7 (0.1–3.4) |
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| Registration status |
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| New |
15/167 (9) |
1.6 (0.2–10.7) |
- |
| Previously treated |
2/50 (4) |
Referent |
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| HIV status |
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| Positive |
13/62 (21) |
5.9 (1.2–30.1) |
6.9 (1.4–33.0) |
| Negative |
2/70 (3) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Unknown |
2/85 (2) |
0.9 (0.1–7.4) |
0.7 (0.1–5.4) |
Lolekha et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:94 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-94 |
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