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Table 4 Contribution of MITS to determination of causes of death in infectious and non-infectious causes in the causal chain of events

From: Determination of causes of adult deaths using minimally invasive tissue sampling in Gandaki province of Nepal: a multicenter hospital-based study

Cause of death

Contribution of MITS in finding cause of death

Total

Odds ratio

95% confidence interval

p value

Yes

No

Infectious cause of death

77

1

78

346.5

33.36–14,587.25

 < 0.001

Non-infectious cause of death or undetermined

4

18

22

Total

81 (81%)

19 (19%)

100