The prognostic significance of nutritional status using malnutrition universal screening tool in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Table 3 Univariate Cox proportional hazard regression analyses associated with survival

Variables		HR	95% CI	P value
Gender (female)		3.119	0.900–10.804	0.073
Age (years)		1.105	1.023–1.192	0.011
Body mass index (kg/m²)		0.862	0.680–1.093	0.22
Underlying disease
	Malignant disease	1.953	0.247–15.455	0.526
	Diabetes mellitus	0.678	0.086–5.352	0.712
Presence of hypoxemia on admission		1.549	0.196–12.255	0.678
Smear positive		1.307	0.165–10.341	0.8
Radiological findings
	bilateral involvement	1.809	0.384–8.526	0.454
	cavitation	1.164	0.328–4.133	0.814
	effusion	0.507	0.064–4.007	0.519
Laboratory findings
	Total Protein (g/dL)	0.589	0.290–1.198	0.144
	Albumin (g/dL)	0.41	0.176–0.954	0.038
	Cholinesterase (U/L)	0.992	0.982–1.002	0.106
	Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.735	0.536–1.008	0.056
	CRP (mg/dL)	1.094	0.996–1.201	0.061
MUST score ≥ 2		4.401	0.557–34.742	0.16
MUST score ≥ 4		14.747	1.860–116.265	0.011

HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; TB: tuberculosis; CRP: C-reactive protein;
MUST: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool.

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