Risk Factors for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Nabire Regency, Central Papua Province

This study aims to determine the risk factors for Pulmonary TB in Nabire Regency.This type of research is observational with a case control design. The population of this study was 6,621 people, a sample of 585 people. The sampling technique used the purposive sampling technique. Data were collected from SITB medical record data in 2024. Data were analyzed using the chi square test, Odds Ratio andlogistic regression.The results of the study showed that the factors that had a significant influence on the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosisthat is gender (p-value 0.002; OR = 1.960; CI95% (1.299 – 2.958) and HIV status (p-value 0.001; OR = 4.257; CI95% (2.451 – 8.955). The influencing factors were not significant with the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis, ethnicity, smoking habits, history of DM and the distance. The most dominant factor is HIV status (p-value 0.001; OR = 4.506).