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Table 6 Effect of TB non-conversion on treatment outcome in re-treatment tuberculosis cases

From: Risk factors for tuberculosis smear non-conversion in Eden district, Western Cape, South Africa, 2007–2013: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

Non-converters

Converters

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

n

%

n

%

Crude OR

95 % CI

p-value

Adjusted OR

95 % CI

p-value

Cured

112

51.85

1358

69.57

Reference

  

Reference

  

Completed

35

16.20

254

13.01

1.67

1.12–2.49

0.012

1.60

1.06–2.41

0.023

Died

8

3.70

53

2.72

1.83

0.85–3.94

0.123

1.73

0.78–3.80

0.174

Failed

19

8.80

28

1.43

8.23

4.45–15.19

0.000

8.14

4.25–15.57

<0.000

Defaulted

22

10.19

126

6.45

2.12

1.29–3.46

0.003

1.96

1.18–3.25

0.009

Not evaluated

20

9.26

133

6.81

1.82

1.09–3.03

0.020

1.86

1.11–3.13

0.019