Survival Analysis of Loss to Follow-Up Treatment among Tuberculosis Patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Chi-square analysis of factors related to TB treatment outcome (censor or LTFU) at JUSH, Ethiopia.

Variables	TB outcome		Chi-square; ( value)
	Censor	LTFU
Address of the patients
Urban	413 (87.5%)	59 (12.5%)	5.74 (0.017)
Rural	28 (73.7%)	10 (26.3%)
Sex
Male	301 (87.8%)	42 (12.2%)	1.48 (0.224)
Female	140 (83.8%)	27 (16.2%)
Smear result
Negative	183 (91.0%)	18 (9.0%)	3.2 (0.052)
Positive	133 (84.2%)	25 (15.8%)
Types of TB
S (+) PTB	137 (89.5%)	16 (10.5%)	2.92 (0.232)
S (−) PTB	178 (86.8%)	27 (13.2%)
EPTB	126 (82.9%)	26 (17.1%)
HIV test/result
Negative	315 (89.0%)	39 (11.0%)	10.87 (0.004)
Positive	88 (77.2%)	26 (22.8%)
Unknown	38 (90.5%)	4 (9.5%)
Weight loss
No	335 (94.4%)	20 (5.6%)	4.33 (0.037)
Yes	41 (85.4%)	7 (14.6%)

Key: S (+) PTB: smear-positive pulmonary TB, S (−) PTB: smear-negative pulmonary TB, and ETBP: extrapulmonary TB.