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

Table 3

The Cox regression analysis of factors associated with LTFU at, JUSH, Southwest Ethiopia.

Variable	Outcome		COR [95% CI]
Censor
LTFU
Address of the patients
Urban	413 (87.5%)	59 (12.5%)	0.375 [0.19, 0.73]
Rural	28 (73.7%)	10 (26.3%)	1
Sex
Male	301 (87.8%)	42 (12.2%)	0.74 [0.46, 1.20]
Female	140 (83.8%)	27 (16.2%)	1
Smear result
Negative	183 (91.0%)	18 (9.0%)	1
Positive	133 (84.2%)	25 (15.8%)	1.72 [0.942, 3.15]
Types of TB
S (+) PTB	137 (89.5%)	16 (10.5%)	0.56 [0.30, 1.05]
S (−) PTB	178 (86.8%)	27 (13.2%)	0.76 [0.44, 1.31]
EPTB	126 (82.9%)	26 (17.1%)	1
HIV result
Negative	315 (89.0%)	39 (11.0%)	1
Positive	88 (77.2%)	26 (22.8%)	2.34 [1.4, 3.84]
Unknown	38 (90.5%)	4 (9.5%)	0.83 [0.29, 2.31]
Total	441 (86.5%)	69 (13.5%)
Weight loss
No	335 (94.4%)	19 (5.6%)	1
Yes	41 (85.4%)	7 (14.6%)	2.710 [1.146, 6.509]
Total	376 (93.3%)	27 (6.7%)

Key: and shows significant at 5% and 1% probability level respectevelly. COR: crude odds ratio.