Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011
Dispatch
Outcome Predictors in Treatment of Yaws
Oriol Mitjà
, Russell Hays, Anthony Ipai, David Gubaila, Francis Lelngei, Martin Kirara, Raymond Paru, and Quique Bassat
, Russell Hays, Anthony Ipai, David Gubaila, Francis Lelngei, Martin Kirara, Raymond Paru, and Quique Bassat
Table 2
Association between characteristics of case-patients and Treponema pertenue infection treatment failure, Papua New Guinea, January–September 2009*
| Characteristic | No. (%) patients treated |
Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success, n = 114 | Failure, n = 24 | OR (95% CI) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value | |||
| Mean age, y (SD) | 9.54 (4.69) | 10.13 (2.96) | 0.58 (−1.39 to 2.56) | 0.56 | NA | NA | ||
| Male sex | 69 (60.5) | 12 (50.0) | 0.65 (0.27–1.58) | 0.34 | NA | NA | ||
| Lived in a high-incidence village | 69 (60.5) | 21 (87.5) | 4.57 (1.29–16.20) | 0.02 | 3.75 (1.02–13.76) | 0.04 | ||
| Secondary yaws | 49 (43.0) | 14 (58.3) | 1.86 (0.76–4.53) | 0.17 | 1.01 (0.37–2.75) | 0.99 | ||
| Clinical healing | 108 (94.7) | 24 (100.0) | NA | 0.59 | NA | NA | ||
| Positive family history | 27 (23.7) | 9 (37.5) | 1.93 (0.76–4.91) | 0.17 | 1.91 (0.70–5.28) | 0.20 | ||
| VDRL titer <32 | 67 (58.8) | 21 (87.5) | 4.91 (1.39–17.41) | 0.01 | 4.05 (1.06–15.38) | 0.04 | ||
*p<0.05 was considered significant. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable; VDRL, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test.
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