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Table 3 Univariate and multivariate analysis of Incidence rate of TB among clients enrolled in UTT and differed programs in Gurage Zone, 2019

From: “Universal test and treat” program reduced TB incidence by 75% among a cohort of adults taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Gurage zone, South Ethiopia

Predictors

Event/p-M

IR/100P-Y

CIRR(95%CI)

p.value

AIRR(95%CI)

Over all

39/9766

4.79

Program

 UTT

6/ 3417

2.10

0.33 (0.11–0.81)

0.003

0.25 (0.08–0.70)*

 Differed

33/6349

6.23

1

 

1

Age

1.01 (0.97–1.04)

0.622

Sex

 Male

14/3134

5.36

1.18 (0.56–2.37)

0.230

1.33 (0.64–2.75)

 Female

25/6632

4.52

1

 

1

Residence

 Rural

26/ 4094

7.6

2.77 (1.42–5.38)

0.001

1.58 (0.82–3.05)

 Urban

13/5672

2.75

1

  

Employment

 Employed

21/6999

3.60

1

 

1

 Unemployed

18/2767

7.80

2.16 (1.34–5.10)

0.001

2.2 (0.82–4.54)

Marital status

 Married

23/4920

5.60

1.41 (0.71–2.86)

0.14

1.73 (0.88–3.40)

 Unmarried

16/4846

3.96

1

 

1

Educational status

 Illiterate

16/3680

5.22

1.15 (0.56–2.27)

0.33

 

 Literate

23/ 6086

4.53

1

  

Weight

0.97 (0.94–1.00)

0.110

0.97 (0.94–1.01)

WHO stage

 Stage I/II

9/3600

3.00

0.51 (0.26–0.96)

0.018

0.70 (0.61–0.94)*

 Stage III/IV

30/6166

5.84

1

 

1

IPT

 Yes

15/6800

2.64

0.27 (0.18–0.56)

0.001

0.35 (0.22–0.48)*

 No

24/2966

9.71

1

 

1

Treatment failure

 Yes

5/ 422

14.2

3.25 (1.10–8.36)

0.015

5.80 (1.93–8.46)*

 No

34/ 9344

4.37

1

 

1

Base line CD4 count

0.99 (0.98–1.00)

0.050

0.96(.94–0.99)*

  1. *AIRR Adjusted Incidence Rate Ratio, *IRR Incidence Rate Ratio, *CIRR Crude Incidence Rate Ratio