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Table 5 Factors contributing to all TB deaths and TB-related death using the Cox-proportional hazard model

From: Tuberculosis mortality: patient characteristics and causes

 

Variable

HR

95% CI

p-value

All TB deaths

Malignancy

3.91

3.03-5.04

<0.001

 

Liver cirrhosis

3.18

2.17-4.68

<0.001

Renal failure

2.81

1.89-4.19

<0.001

Miliary pattern on CXR

2.25

1.15-4.40

0.02

 

Pneumonic pattern on CXR

2.26

1.70-3.02

<0.001

TB-related death

Extrapulmonary involvement

4.80

2.57-8.97

<0.001

 

Pneumonic pattern on CXR

8.66

2.99-25.12

<0.001

 

Milary pattern on CXR

6.08

1.52-24.38

0.01

 

Cavitary pattern on CXR

5.24

1.29-21.18

0.02

 

Liver cirrhosis

5.07

2.07-12.40

<0.001

  1. CXR: chest X-ray.