Table 4—

Logistic regression analysis of potential independent variables associated with adverse treatment outcome(failure or death) in multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) cases

VariablesCrude odds ratiop-valueAdjusted odds ratiop-value
Sex male1.11 (0.43–2.85)0.821.8 (0.56–5.78)0.32
Increasing age yrs1.03 (1.008–1.06)0.011.03 (1.003–1.07)0.03
Previous treatment >30 days1.8 (0.76–4.27)0.181.01 (0.38–2.65)0.98
Resistance to >5 drugs2.67 (1.17–6.1)0.011.78 (0.59–5.34)0.29
Linezolid treatment0.88 (0.36–2.13)0.791.1 (0.39–3.1)0.85
XDR-TB11.6 (3.2–42.05)<0.00018.3 (1.74–40.28)0.008
  • Data are presented as odds ratio (95% confidence interval), unless otherwise stated.