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Table 2 Summary of economic and social composite risk scores between clustered and no-clustered cases

From: TB transmission is associated with prolonged stay in a low socio-economic, high burdened TB and HIV community in Cape Town, South Africa

Characteristic

Total: N = 505

Non-clustered N = 157 (31%)

Clustered N = 348 (69%)

P-value

OR (95% CI)

Economic score (as per methods)

 (Continuous), median (IQR)

4 (3; 5)

4 (3; 5)

4 (3; 5)

0.20

0.91 (0.79; 1.05)

 High economic score (≥5), n (%)

138 (27)

50 (32)

88 (25)

0.13

0.72 (0.48; 1.11)

Social Score

  (Continuous), median (IQR)

4 (3; 5)

4 (3; 5)

4 (3; 5)

0.71

1.02 (0.90; 1.17)

 High Social Score (≥5), n (%)

159 (531)

44 (28)

115 (33)

0.26

1.28 (0.84; 1.92)

  1. Summary of the analysis of associations between the associations economic and social composite risk scores vs clustered/von-clustered cases