Smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis and associated risk factors among tuberculosis suspects attending spiritual holy water sites in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 5 Multivariate analysis of risk factors for smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among study subjects

Variables	Positive No	Negative No	COR (95% CI)	P- value	AOR (95% CI)	P- value
Familysize
1-5	1	181	1^a		1^a	0.037
> 5	10	190	9.52 (1.207-75.169)	0.032	9.258 (1.14-74.97)	0.037
History of contact with TB patients
Yes	6	65	5.64 (1.673-19.071)	0.005	9.174 (2.195- 38.34)	0.002
No	5	306	1^a		1^a	0.002

AOR = adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI = 95% confidence interval, ^aReference category

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