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Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch

Increased Risk for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Migratory Workers, Armenia

Nune TruzyanComments to Author , Byron Crape, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Hripsime Martirosyan, and Varduhi Petrosyan
Author affiliations: American University of Armenia School of Public Health, Yerevan, Armenia

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Table 3

Associations between outcome variable of having 1 treatment versus multiple treatments for tuberculosis and potential risk factors for multiple treatments by bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions, for migrant workers, Armenia, 2008–2011*

Variable Bivariate analysis
Multivariate analysis
Crude odds ratio (95% CI) p value Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) p value
DOT during ambulatory phase of first treatment
Always or often 1.00 NA 1.00 NA
Sometimes or never 3.97 (1.2–13.3) 0.03† 4.36 (1.3–14.9) 0.02†
Having MDR TB
No 1.00 NA 1.00 NA
Yes 2.11 (0.9–4.4) 0.05† 2.30 (1.1–5.0) 0.04†
Density of persons working in the same enclosed area in host country NI NI
1–5 1.00 NA
≥6 0.15 (0.02–1.3) 0.08
Crowding index for residence in host country NI NI
<2.0 1.00 NA
≥2.0 1.68 (0.5–5.6) 0.39
Crowding index for residence in Armenia NI NI
<2.0 1.00 NA
≥2.0 1.28 (0.3–6.6) 0.77
No. visits to the host country of work NI NI
1 1.00 NA
>1 1.04 (0.4–2.6) 0.94
Type of work performed in host country NI NI
Other 1.00 NA
Construction 1.82 (0.7–4.9) 0.24
Family member/relatives/friends having TB NI NI
No 1.00 NA
Yes 0.84 (0.2–2.8) 0.77
TB knowledge score NI NI
High (13–20) 1.00 NA
Low (2–12) 1.30 (0.5–3.3) 0.58
Education, y NI NI
>12 1.00 NA
≤12 1.31 (0.5–3.4) 0.58
Marital status NI NI
Married 1.00 NA
Single/divorced/separated 0.99 (0.3–2.6) 0.84
Wealth status NI NI
Not poor 1.00 NA
Poor 2.38 (0.5–11.5) 0.28

*DOT, directly observed therapy; NA, not applicable; MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; NI, not included.
†Significant association (p≤0.05).

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