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Factors associated with default versus successful (cure or completed) outcome among childhood TB cases in Thailand, October 2004 to September 2006 |
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| Characteristic |
No. defaulted/total (%) |
Unadjusted OR (95% CI) |
Adjusted OR (95% OI) |
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| Age (in years) |
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| < 5 |
16/67 (24) |
2.0 (0.9–4.5) |
2.0 (0.9–4.5) |
| 5–14 |
23/172 (13) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Gender |
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| Male |
23/122 (19) |
1.5 (0.7–3.3) |
- |
| Female |
16/117 (14) |
Referent |
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| Nationality |
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| Non-Thai |
13/27 (48) |
6.3 (2.3–16.8) |
5.8 (2.3–14.8) |
| Thai |
26/212 (12) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Site |
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| National infectious diseases hospital |
1/5 (20) |
0.6 (0.0–9.2) |
0.6 (0.0–8.7) |
| Chiang Rai |
25/123 (20) |
0.5 (0.1–1.5) |
0.5 (0.2–1.6) |
| Phuket |
1/25 (4) |
0.1 (0.0–1.0) |
0.1 (0.0–1.1) |
| Ubon-ratchathani |
5/58 (9) |
0.3 (0.1–1.3) |
0.3 (0.1–1.4) |
| Bangkok |
7/28 (25) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Diagnosis |
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| Pulmonary, smear-positive |
7/46 (15) |
0.5 (0.2–1.6) |
- |
| Pulmonary, smear-negative |
14/87 (16) |
Referent |
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| Pulmonary, smear-unknown |
5/37 (13) |
1.9 (0.3–11.2) |
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| Extra-pulmonary TB |
13/69 (19) |
1.0 (0.4–2.7) |
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| Registration status |
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| New |
32/184 (17) |
2.1 (0.5–8.6) |
- |
| Previously treated |
7/55 (13) |
Referent |
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| HIV status |
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| Positive |
9/58 (15) |
0.8 (0.3–2.1) |
0.8 (0.3–2.1) |
| Negative |
19/87 (22) |
Referent |
Referent |
| Unknown |
11/94 (12) |
0.3 (0.1–0.8) |
0.4 (0.1–1.0) |
Lolekha et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:94 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-94 |
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