| Variables |
Coefficients |
Std.error |
P=value |
95% C.I for B |
| Sex |
| female |
-0.245 |
0.387 |
0.528 |
(-1.007, 0.517) |
| Ref – male |
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| Residence |
| Urban |
-0.984 |
0.523 |
0.061 |
(-2.013, 0.044) |
| Ref – rural |
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| Education |
| literate |
1.286 |
0.429 |
0.003* |
(0.443, 2.129) |
| Ref –illiterate |
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|
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| Marital status |
| married |
-0.502 |
0.424 |
0.238 |
(-1.336, 0.333) |
| divorced |
0.748 |
0.675 |
0.268 |
(-0.579, 2.075) |
| widowed |
-0.969 |
0.92 |
0.293 |
(-2.778, 0.840) |
| Ref – single |
|
|
|
|
| Wealth index |
| medium |
0.216 |
0.474 |
0.649 |
(-0.716, 1.147) |
| rich |
0.068 |
0.528 |
0.374 |
(-0.569, 1.509) |
| Ref – poor |
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|
|
| TB category |
| history of treatment |
-1.652 |
0.542 |
0.002* |
(-2.718, -0.587) |
| Ref – new case |
|
|
|
|
| HIV status |
| Positive |
-0.177 |
0.435 |
0.684 |
(-1.032, 0.678) |
| Ref – negative |
|
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|
|
| Family support during TB Rx |
| no change |
-0.22 |
0.412 |
0.594 |
(-1.030, 0.590) |
| less support |
-0.589 |
0.749 |
0.433 |
(-2.062, 0.885) |
| Ref – more support |
|
|
|
|
| Frequency of meals per a day |
| one times |
-0.862 |
1.118 |
0.441 |
(-3.061, 1.337) |
| two times |
0.629 |
0.514 |
0.222 |
(-0.381, 1.639) |
| four and above |
1.886 |
0.665 |
0.005* |
(0.579, 3.193) |
| Ref – three times |
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B – Regression co-efficient, S.E- Standard error, CI- confidence interval. *statistically significant |
