Volume 23, Number 7—July 2017
Research
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections at a Provincial Reference Hospital, Cambodia
Table 4
Characteristics associated with the detection of NTM isolates in specimens of 1,179 presumptive pulmonary TB patients in a study of NTM infections at Kampong Cham Provincial Reference Hospital, Cambodia, October 1, 2012–April 21, 2014*
Characteristic | NTM isolate detected, no. (%) | Univariate analysis |
Multivariate analysis |
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OR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | |||
Age group, y | ||||||
<40 | 24/295 (8.1) | 1 | 1 | |||
40–65 | 67/575 (11.6) | 1.49 | 0.91–2.43 | 1.40 | 0.985–2.31 | |
>65 |
33/309 (10.7) |
1.35 |
0.78–2.34 |
1.33 |
0.76–2.35 |
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Sex | ||||||
M | 52/571 (9.1) | 1 | 1 | |||
F |
72/608 (11.8) |
1.34 |
0.92–1.95 |
1.36 |
0.93–2.00 |
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Occupation | ||||||
Farmer | 52/564 (9.2) | 1 | ||||
Student, administration | 17/138 (12.3) | 1.38 | 0.77–2.48 | |||
Factory, construction | 3/63 (4.8) | 0.49 | 0.15–1.62 | |||
Fisherman | 4/19 (21.0) | 2.62 | 0.84–8.20 | |||
Pensioner, unemployed |
48/395 (12.1) |
1.36 |
0.90–2.06 |
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Pneumoconiosis risk | ||||||
No | 123/1,151 (10.7) | 1 | ||||
Yes |
1/27 (3.7) |
0.31 |
0.04–2.39 |
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Drinking water | ||||||
Water well | 70/704 (9.9) | 1 | ||||
Running water | 29/209 (13.9) | 1.46 | 0.92–2.32 | |||
Rain | 7/63 (11.1) | 1.13 | 0.50–2.58 | |||
River/lake/pond | 11/131 (9.2) | 0.91 | 0.48–1.74 | |||
Mineral water |
6/72 (8.3) |
0.82 |
0.34–1.97 |
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Water disinfection | ||||||
Boiled | 73/696 (10.5) | 1 | ||||
Filtered | 15/121 (12.4) | 1.21 | 0.67–2.18 | |||
None |
36/361 (10.0) |
0.94 |
0.62–1.44 |
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Use of hot tub | 38/331 (11.5) | 1 | ||||
No | 1/13 (7.7) | 1 | ||||
Yes | 85/835 (10.2) | 0.64 | 0.08–5.01 | |||
Unknown |
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0.87 |
0.58–1.31 |
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Smoke | ||||||
No | 86/741 (11.6) | 1 | ||||
Current smoker | 12/173 (6.9) | 0.57 | 0.30–1.06 | |||
Former smoker |
26/265 (9.8) |
0.83 |
0.52–1.31 |
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TB history | ||||||
No | 80/870 (9.2) | 1 | 1 | |||
Yes |
44/307 (10.3) |
1.65 |
1.11–2.45 |
1.56 |
1.04–2.33 |
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HIV | ||||||
Negative | 89/894 (10.0) | 1 | 1 | |||
Positive | 6/19 (31.6) | 4.17 | 1.55–11.25 | 4.63 | 1.68–12.77 | |
Unknown |
29/266 (10.9) |
1.11 |
0.71–1.72 |
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Hospitalization for respiratory disease | ||||||
No | 103/1,033 (10.0) | 1 | ||||
Yes |
21/144 (14.6) |
1.54 |
0.93–2.55 |
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Health seeking behaviors | ||||||
No consultation | 36/335 (10.7) | 1 | ||||
Health center | 21/234 (9.0) | 0.81 | 0.46–1.44 | |||
Private clinic | 19/170 (11.2) | 1.04 | 0.58–1.88 | |||
Self-medication | 5/36 (13.9) | 1.34 | 0.49–3.66 | |||
Unknown | 43/404 (10.5) | 0.99 | 0.62–1.58 |
*aOR, adjusted OR; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; OR, odds ratio; TB, tuberculosis.
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