Table 4: Univariate analysis of predictors of treatment outcomes.

Variable Treatment outcome
(No. %)
Successful unsuccessful
95% CI Odds ratio p-value
Gender
Male
Female
82 (59.9)
31 (75.6)
55 (40.1)
10 (24.4)
0.218-1.060
Referent
0.481 0.070
Age (years)
< 40
> 40
53 (60.9)
60 (65.9)
34 (39.1)
31 (34.1)
0.674-2.288
Referent
1.242 0.488
Weight (Kg)
> 60
31-60
< 30
9 (75.0)
101 (63.1)
3 (50.0)
3 (25.0)
59 (36.9)
3 (50.0)
0.380-23.679
0.335-8.756
Referent
3.000
1.712
0.297
0.519
Ethnicity
Chinese
Indian
Other
Malay
49 (59.0)
13 (54.2)
5 (45.5)
46 (76.7)
34 (41.0)
11 (45.8)
6 (54.5)
14 (23.3)
0.378-1.288
0.268-1.521
0.133-1.555
Referent
0.698
0.638
0.455
0.250
0.311
0.209
Residence
Rural
Urban
21 (55.3)
92 (65.7)
17 (44.7)
48 (34.3)
0.311-1.355
Referent
0.645 0.237
Marital status
Married
Unmarried
74 (65.5)
39 (60.0)
39 (34.5)
26 (40.0)
0.674-2.375
Referent
1.265 0.465
Employment status
Yes
No
63 (63.0)
50 (64.1)
37 (37.0)
28 (35.9)
0.515-1.765
Referent
0.954 0.880
Smoking
Yes
No
65 (67.7)
48 (58.5)
31 (32.3)
34 (41.5)
0.804-2.742
Referent
1.485 0.206
Alcohol drinking
Yes
No
18 (51.4)
95 (66.4)
17 (48.6)
48 (33.6)
0.253-1.131
Referent
0.535 0.101
Intravenous drug use
Yes
No
26 (60.5)
87 (64.4)
17 (39.5)
48 (35.6)
0.417-1.709
Referent
0.844 0.637
TB case
Relapse
New case
10 (38.5)
103 (67.8)
16 (61.5)
49 (32.2)
0.126-0.703
Referent
0.297 0.006*
TB location
E-PTB
PTB+ E-PTB
PTB
15 (53.6)
7 (87.5)
91 (64.1)
13 (46.4)
1 (12.5)
51 (35.9)
0.271-1.384
0.508-35.145
Referent
0.612
4.226
0.238
0.182
Co-morbidity
Yes
No
45 (54.9)
68 (70.8)
37 (45.1)
28 (29.2)
0.270-0.930
Referent
0.501 0.028*
Diabetes Mellitus
Yes
No
15 (57.7)
98 (64.5)
11 (42.3)
54 (35.5)
0.322-1.751
Referent
0.751 0.508
HIV positive
Yes
No
17 (43.6)
96 (69.1)
22 (56.4)
43 (30.9)
0.167-0.717
Referent
0.346 0.004*

CI, Confidence Interval; E-PTB, Extra-Pulmonary TB; HIV, Human Immunodefiencey Virus; TB, Tuberculosis