Table 4

Factors associated with death versus successful (cure or completed) outcome among childhood TB cases in Thailand, October 2004 to September 2006

Characteristic
No. died/total (%)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI)
Adjusted OR (95% OI)

Age (in years)



     < 5
0/51 (0)
-
-
     5–14
17/166 (10)
-

Gender



     Male
12/111 (11)
2.8 (0.8–9.7)
-
     Female
5/106 (5)
Referent

Nationality



     Non-Thai
1/15 (7)
1.0 (0.1–11.2)
-
     Thai
16/202 (8)
Referent

Site



     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



     Pulmonary, smear-positive
6/45 (13)
1.5 (0.4–6.0)
-
     Pulmonary, smear-negative
7/80 (9)
Referent

     Pulmonary, smear-unknown
0/32 (0)
-

     Extra-pulmonary TB
4/60 (7)
0.7 (0.1–3.4)

Registration status



     New
15/167 (9)
1.6 (0.2–10.7)
-
     Previously treated
2/50 (4)
Referent

HIV status



     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