Table 4 Predictors of tuberculosis infection among undergraduate medical and veterinary students, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 2011
Characteristic | Bivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted OR (95% C.I) | p-value | Adjusted OR (95% C.I) | p-value | |
Male gender | 1.54 (1.05-2.27) | 0.029 | 1.75 (1.17-2.63) | 0.007 |
Residence (home) | 1.84 (1.05-3.23) | 0.034 | 2.08 (1.20-3.61) | 0.009 |
School (Medical) | 1.50 (1.04-2.16) | 0.031 | 1.56 (1.05-2.31) | 0.027 |
Clinical year (4&5) | 1.42 (0.96-2.11) | 0.08 | 1.17 (0.77-1.78) | 0.455 |
Contact with a Tuberculosis case | 1.58 (1.09-2.28) | 0.015 | 1.57 (1.06-2.31) | 0.024 |