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Table 2 Factors associated with a positive AUD screen among persons diagnosed with TB

From: Alcohol use disorder among people diagnosed with tuberculosis in a large urban case-finding project in central Uganda: prevalence, associated factors and challenges to treatment adherence

Characteristic

Overall Sample

N = 325

AUD

N = 62

No AUD

N = 263

Unadjusted PR

95% CI

Adjusted PR

95% CI

Sex

Male

212 (65.2)

51 (82.3)

161 (61.2)

2.47(1.34, 4.55)

2.32 (1.19, 4.49)

Female

113 (34.8)

11 (17.7)

102 (38.8)

  

Area of Residence

Urban

146 (44.9)

39 (62.9)

107 (40.7)

2.08(1.30, 3.32)

1.79 (1.10, 2.92)

Peri-urban

179 (55.1)

23 (37.1)

156 (59.3)

  

Age

15–24

66 (20.3)

5 (8.1)

61 (23.2)

  

25–34

110 (33.9)

21 (33.9)

89 (33.8)

2.52(1.00,6.37)

1.90 (0.72, 5.02)

35+

149 (45.8)

36 (58.0)

113 (43.0)

3.19(1.31, 7.77)

1.92 (0.71, 5.22)

Type of TB

Newly diagnosed TB

296 (91.1)

54 (87.1)

242 (92.0)

0.66(0.35, 1.25)

0.73 (0.38, 1.41)

Previously treated TB

29 (8.9)

8 (12.9)

21 (8.0)

  

HIV Status

PLHIV

64 (19.7)

11 (17.7)

53 (20.1)

0.88(0.49, 1.59)

0.95(0.49, 1.85)

No HIV

261 (80.3)

51 (82.3)

210 (79.9)

  

Highest Education Level Attained

None

134 (41.2)

6 (9.7)

27 (10.3)

  

Primary

125 (38.5)

28 (45.1)

106 (40.3)

1.15 (0.52, 2.55)

1.23 (0.55, 2.72)

Secondary

33 (10.1)

22 (35.5)

103 (39.1)

0.97 (0.43, 2.19)

1.32 (0.59, 2.97)

Tertiary

33 (10.1)

6 (9.7)

27 (10.3)

1 (0.36, 2.79)

1.38 (0.52, 3.69)

Marital Status

Single

128 (39.4)

17 (27.4)

111 (42.2)

  

Married

113 (34.8)

24 (38.7)

89 (33.8)

1.60 (0.37, 2.82)

1.39 (0.73, 2.64)

Divorced/Separated/Widowed

84 (25.8)

21 (33.9)

63 (24.0)

1.88 (1.06, 3.36)

1.66 (0.86, 3.23)

Primary Employment

None

89 (27.4)

14 (22.6)

75 (28.5)

  

Self-Employment

171 (52.6)

38 (61.3)

133 (50.6)

1.41 (0.81, 2.47)

1.30 (0.73, 2.32)

Salaried Employment

65 (20.0)

10 (16.1)

55 (20.9)

0.98 (0.46, 2.06)

0.93 (0.44, 1.94)

Daily Income(rate 1$=UGX 3586)1

<$2

154 (47.4)

31 (50.0)

123 (46.8)

  

$2–5

105 (32.3)

18 (29.0)

87 (33.1)

0.85 (0.50, 1.44)

0.66 (0.37, 1.16)

$>5

66 (20.3)

13 (21.0)

53 (20.1)

0.98 (0.55, 1.75)

0.69 (0.39, 1.21)

Socioeconomic status

Low

113 (34.8)

24(38.7)

89 (33.8)

  

Middle

105 (32.3)

18(29.0)

87 (33.1)

0.81 (0.46, 1.40)

0.95 (0.56, 1.63)

High

107 (32.9)

20 (32.3)

87 (33.1

0.88 (0.52, 1.50)

1.23 (0.69, 2.20)

Treatment Outcomes

     

Treatment success

285 (87.7)

50 (80.7)

235 (89.4)

  

Death2 /Unknown3/LTFU4

40 (12.3)

12 (19.3)

28 (10.6)

1.71 (1.00, 2.93)

1.65 (0.95, 2.85)

  1. 1: international poverty line is estimated at 1.90 by the world bank [22] 2: Death from any cause while on TB treatment 3. Unknown: person whose treatment outcome is not recorded 4: LTFU- loss to follow-up: a person who missed two or more consecutive months of TB treatment. 5. Bold: significant associations
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