Table 6 Factors associated with catastrophic costs of TB illness to patients
Variable | Catastrophic costs | AOR | (95Â % Confidence interval) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n) | No (n) | Â | Lower boundary | Upper boundary | ||
Additional food cost incurred |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 315 | 157 | 4.555 | 2.050 | 10.119 |  |
 No | 46 | 58 | 1.00 |  |  |  |
Borrowed | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.036 |
 Yes | 75 | 29 | 2.253 | 1.057 | 4.804 |  |
 No | 286 | 186 | 1.00 |  |  |  |
Monthly family income ($) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | <0.001 |
 < 117 | 275 | 26 | 48.038 | 22.581 | 74.190 |  |
 > 117 | 82 | 189 | 1.00 |  |  |  |
Ever stopped working |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 231 | 107 | 1.918 | 1.351 | 2.721 |  |
 No | 130 | 108 | 1.00 |  |  |  |
Presence of care giver at home |  |  |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 45 | 50 | 0.430 | 0.274 | 0.677 |  |
 No | 316 | 165 | 1.00 |  |  |  |