Table 5 Factors associated with symptoms disappearance after 14 days follow up of 353 adults’ patients with pneumonia between August and December 2015 in Mwanza, Tanzania
Predictor | Symptoms disappeared | Univariate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
YES, n (%) | NO n (%) | OR[95%CI] | P-value | |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 134 (74.0) | 47 (26.0) | 1.0 |  |
 Female | 129 (75.0) | 43 (25.0) | 1.1 [0.7–1.7] | 0.835 |
Age (years) | 40 (31–53) | 42 (35–51) | 1.0 [0.9–1.0] | 0.527 |
Sputum culture positive | ||||
 Yes | 45 (62.5) | 27 (37.5) | 1.0 |  |
 No | 218 (77.6) | 63 (22.4) | 2 [1.25–3.30] | 0.010 |
Gram staining | ||||
 Gram negative | 37 (62.7) | 22 (37.3) | 1.0 |  |
 Gram positive | 8 (61.5) | 5 (38.5) | 2 [0.66–10] | 0.189 |
 No organism | 218 (77.6) | 63 (22.4) | 2 [1.1–3. 3] | 0.018 |
Treatment given | ||||
 First line | 232 (87.5) | 33 (12.4) | 1 |  |
 Second line | 31 (64.6) | 57 (35.4) | 0.25 (0.12–0.55) | < 0.001 |
Second line treatment antibiotics resistance | ||||
 No | 14 (82.3) | 3 (17.7) | 1.0 |  |
 Yes | 17 (44.7) | 21 (55.82) | 0.17 [0.03–0.79] | 0.009 |
Co morbidities | ||||
 No | 234 (74.8) | 79 (25.2) | 1.0 |  |
 Yes | 29 (72.5) | 11 (27.5) | 0.9 [0.4–1.9] | 0.758 |
HIV infection status | ||||
 Negative | 79 (74.5) | 27 (25.5) |  |  |
 Positive | 101 (74.3) | 35 (25.7) | 1.0 [0.6–1.8] | 0.963 |