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Table 5 Predictors of tuberculosis infection among undergraduate medical students in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 2011

From: High Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among medical students in Makerere University, Kampala: results of a cross sectional study

Characteristic

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Unadjusted OR (95% C.I)

p-value

Adjusted OR (95% C.I)

p-value

Male gender

2.02 (1.18-3.47)

0.011

2.12 (1.15-3.93)

0.017

High school (day school)

2.75 (1.35-5.61)

0.005

2.31 (1.06-5.04)

0.034

Residence (home)

5.20 (1.64-16.48)

0.005

5.27 (1.51-18.39)

0.009

Clinical year (4&5)

1.57 (0.93-2.68)

0.094

1.21 (0.67-2.19)

0.524

Tuberculosis case contact (yes)

1.57 (1.11-2.21)

0.041

1.91 (1.01-3.61)

0.047

History of extra clinical exposure

2.78 (1.39-5.54)

0.004

3.39 (1.60-7.16)

0.001

  1. OR = Odds Ratio.