Table 6: Patient variables affecting treatment outcomes (Univariate analysis).

– Treatment Outcomes
Patient Variable OR 95%CI P value
Gender
Female 1.10 0.43-2.78 0.84
Male
Ethnicity
Malays 0.92 0.38-2.26 0.86
Chinese 0.59 0.19-1.85 0.37
Indian 1.76 0.66-4.69 0.25
Age-group
<25 years 0.70 0.08-5.78 0.74
25-35 years 3.94 0.5-30.69 0.19
36-45 years 0.26 0.03-2.07 0.20
46 & above 3.77 1.07-13.3 0.03
Smoker 0.92 0.32-2.68 0.89
Co-morbidity
Hypertension 2.1 0.74-5.88 0.16
Diabetes 0.94 0.29-2.97 0.91
COPD 1.15 0.39-3.37 0.78