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Table 3 Predictors of the time to diagnosis (multinomial regression)

From: The effect of the Xpert MTB/RIF test on the time to MDR-TB treatment initiation in a rural setting: a cohort study in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province

 

<=2 days

3–12 days

>12 days

RR

RR

p-value

RR

p-value

Sex

 Female (t)

1

0.665 (0.326–1.359)

0.263

0.528 (0.300–0.931)

0.027

 Female (a)

1

0.673 (0.330–1.373)

0.277

0.542 (0.309–0.950)

0.032

Age (Years)

 18 < Age < 35(t)

1

0.329 (0.056–1.953)

0.221

0.787 (0.147–4.197)

0.779

 18 < Age < 35(a)

1

0.279 (0.049–1.582)

0.149

0.577 (0.112–2.977)

0.512

 35 ≤ Age < 50(t)

1

0.263 (0.043–1.619)

0.150

0.845 (0.156–4.581)

0.845

 35 ≤ Age < 50 (a)

1

0.218 (0.037–1.276)

0.091

0.595 (0.114–3.096)

0.538

  ≥ 50 (t)

1

0.305 (0.050–1.845)

0.196

0.487 (0.089–2.665)

0.407

  ≥ 50 (a)

1

0.293 (0.049–1.767)

0.181

0.456 (0.084–2.476)

0.363

HIV

 Negative

1

1.394 (0.621–3.128)

0.421

1.894 (0.993–3.614)

0.053

  1. t total unadjusted model, a model adjusted for HIV status