Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal distribution of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in three cantons of Guayas, Ecuador: A cross-sectional study.

Estudios originales

Published on 16 de abril de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.03.3042

Sociodemographic and spatiotemporal distribution of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in three cantons of Guayas, Ecuador: A cross-sectional study.

Back to article Table 1

Analysis of socio-demographic factors associated with TB/HIV co-infection.

Factor	Cases (n)	%^*	PR	95% CI
Overcrowding	28 /318†	8.8	0.485	0.329 to 0.715
Income below poverty line	86 /164‡	52.4	6.773	4.985 to 9.202
Education Levels §BasicHigh SchoolTertiary Education
	182 /339	53.7	0.595	0.48 to 0.73
	123 /339	36.3	2.903	2.32 to 3.62
	16 /339	4.7	0.276	0.16 to 0.45

^†Overcrowding data available for 318 cases ; ^‡Income data available for 164 cases ; ^§Education level data available for 339 cases; CI, Confidence interval; PR, Prevalence ratio.

*Percentages calculated based on available data for each variable.

Source: Prepared by the authorsof this study.