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Mol Path 56:121-126 doi:10.1136/mp.56.2.121
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Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in London 1995–7 showing low rate of active transmission

Table 3

Multivariate analysis: final model variables with odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI)

Unadjusted odds ratios (OR) Adjusted odds ratios (OR)
Variable No % clustering OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
BA=black African; BC=black Caribbean; ISC=Indian subcontinent.
*Information not known following record review.
Age
    0–19 150 33.3 2.49 1.59 to 3.89 2.65 1.59 to 4.44
    20–34 831 24.2 1.54 1.11 to 2.14 1.51 1.02 to 2.22
    35–59 648 23.6 1.59 1.14 to 2.24 1.43 0.97 to 2.11
    60+ 335 16.7 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
Sex
    Male 1169 24.5 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
    Female 827 21 0.82 0.66 to 1.01 0.88 0.69 to 1.12
    Unknown* 50 14 0.50 0.22 to 1.12 0.46 0.10 to 2.15
Ethnic group
    White 274 37.2 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
    ISC 340 13.2 0.26 0.17 to 0.38 0.34 0.22 to 0.52
    BC 48 54.2 1.99 1.07 to 3.70 2.19 1.15 to 4.16
    BA 409 33.5 0.85 0.62 to 1.17 1.02 0.68 to 1.53
    Black other 24 29.2 0.69 0.28 to 1.73 0.76 0.30 to 1.96
    Other 156 19.9 0.42 0.26 to 0.66 0.52 0.31 to 0.86
    Unknown* 328 23.8 0.53 0.37 to 0.75 0.62 0.41 to 0.92
Birth in UK
    UK born 221 40.3 2.12 1.56 to 2.88 1.55 1.04 to 2.03
    Not-UK born 928 24.1 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
    Unknown* 431 26.4 1.13 0.87 to 1.47 1.17 0.87 to 1.57
Other factors
Alcohol dependence 94 48.9 2.78 1.82 to 4.23 2.33 1.46 to 3.72
Streptomycin resistant 115 32.2 1.66 1.11 to 2.49 1.82 1.15 to 2.88

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