Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among pulmonary TB patients attending public hospitals in Kebbi State, Northern Nigeria: a four-year retrospective study

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 3 Logistic regression analyses of factors associated with treatment outcomes in TB patients attending the DOTS facilities in 21 referral hospitals in Kebbi State

Variables	Treatment outcome		95 Confidence interval		P value
	Yes (903)	No (82)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P value
Age
Less than 40 years	385	25	Ref	Ref
Greater than 40 years	518	57	1.69 (1.04–2.76)	2.00 (1.37–2.92)	0.744
Year
2018–2019	131	13	Ref	Ref
2020–2021	772	69	0.90 (0.48–1.68)	0.06 (0.32–1.62)	0.043*
Sex
Male	799	79	Ref	Ref
Female	104	3	0.29 (0.09–0.94)	0.22 (0.11–0.74)	0.025*
Infection
Pulmonary	882	78	Ref	Ref
Extra pulmonary	21	4	2.15 (0.72–6.43)	2.40 (1.12–5.39)	0.149
Diagnosis
AFB	546	56	Ref	Ref
GeneXpert	357	26	0.71 (0.44–1.15)	0.88 (0.76–1.25)	0.193
DOTS support
Yes	573	66	Ref	Ref
No	330	16	0.42 (0.24–0.74)	0.52 (0.42–0.77)	0.002*
HIV/TB status
Positive	61	3	Ref	Ref
Negative	842	79	1.91 (0.59–6.23)	2.24 (0.52–9.68)	0.20
Types of patients
New	838	69	Ref	Ref
Old TB cases	65	13	2.43 (1.28–4.63)	3.03 (1.47–7.19)	0.009*