Nour El Din, M. Elhoseeny, T. Mohsen, A.M.M.A. 2013 This unmatched case control study aimed to identify factors affecting default from therapy under the national programme of TB control in Alexandria, Egypt. Record reviews and structured interviews were made with 57defaulters and 187 randomly selected controls. Univariate analysis showed 13 out of 54 factors investigated were significantly associated with defaulting and after stepwise logistic regression, 5 factors remained in the model: younger age adjusted OR 0.16 , rural area of residence OR 12.9 , long waiting times OR 5.81 , poor ...