Table 2 Factors associated with triple therapy failure among 210 patients attended at the Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza
Characteristics | Total number 210 | First line treatment failure | Univariate | Multivariate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | OR(95% CI) | P-value | OR(95% CI) | P-value |
Age in years | 35(27–48) |  | 1(0.96–1.03) | 0.983 |  |  |
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 99 | 32(49.2%) | 1 |  |  |  |
 Female | 111 | 33(50.8%) | 0.810 (0.451–1.455) | 0.481 |  |  |
Adherence | ||||||
 Good | 177 | 43(23.73%) | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 poor | 33 | 22(69.70%) | 7(3.258–16.772) | < 0.001 | 27(7.25–108) | < 0.001 |
Clarithromycin Mutations | ||||||
 Not tested | 58 |  |  |  |  |  |
 No mutations | 106 | 16(15.09%) | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Mutations | 46 | 37(80.43%) | 23(9.38–56.98) | < 0.001 | 69(19.6–249.6) | < 0.001 |