Table 2 Factors associated with the MDR-TB status among Pulmonary TB cases, West Armachiho and Metema districts, Northwest Ethiopia, February 01 to June 25, 2014

Age group

≤25

1

36

2.77 (0.16, 47.56)

0.483

26–35

4

53

1.02 (0.11,9.90)

0.987

36–45

1

15

1.15 (0.07,20.34)

0.922

≥46

1

13

1

Gender

Male

6

79

3.49 (0.41, 29.9 4)

0.255

Female

1

43

1

Resident

Rural

4

54

1.56 (0.33, 7.26)

0.574

Urban

3

63

1

Occupation:

Farmer and day laborers

4

55

1.50 (0.32, 7.01)

0.604

Other

3

62

1

Ethnicity:

Tigre

3

19

3.87 (0.80,18.70)

0.092

Amhara

4

98

1

Educational status:

Illiterate

2

62

5.17 (0.41, 65.68)

0.206

Primary school

3

33

1.83 (0.16,20.71)

0.624

Secondary school

1

16

2.67 (0.14,49.76)

0.511

Diploma and above

1

6

1

Fasting

Yes

3

73

0.45 (0.10, 2.12)

0.313

No

4

44

1

History of smoking

Yes

2

33

1.02 (0.19, 5.51)

0.983

No

5

84

1

BCG vaccination

Yes

1

27

0.71 (0.13, 3.89)

0.698

No

6

90

1

History of previous treatment

Yes

5

31

6.94 (1.28, 37.60)

0.025

No

2

86

1

HIV status

Yes

2

26

1.40 (0.25, 7.64)

0.698

No

5

91

1

History of prison

Yes

1

17

0.98 (0.11, 8.66)

0.986

No

6

100

1