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. 2024 Jan 22;12(1):94. doi: 10.3390/toxics12010094

Table 2.

LTBI status in association with the characteristics of the population.

Characteristic LTBI+
(N = 523)
% LTBI−
(N = 6519)
% AOR 95% CI p
Age (years)
    <20 28 1.3% 2089 98.7% 1.00
    ≥20 and <40 87 5.0% 1664 95.0% 3.90 2.54 6.00 <0.001
    ≥40 and <60 170 10.4% 1460 89.6% 8.69 5.79 13.03 <0.001
    ≥60 238 15.4% 1306 84.6% 13.60 9.14 20.24 <0.001
Sex
    Male 302 8.6% 3207 91.4% 1.00
    Female 221 6.3% 3312 93.7% 0.71 0.59 0.85 <0.001
BMI
    <18.5 20 2.4% 807 97.6% 1.00
    ≥18.5 and <25 162 7.0% 2161 93.0% 1.32 0.81 2.16 0.267
    ≥25.0 and <30 171 9.2% 1685 90.8% 1.26 0.77 2.08 0.362
    ≥30 166 8.5% 1787 91.5% 1.19 0.72 1.95 0.500
Country of birth
    US 331 3.6% 1429 96.4% 1.00
    Others 523 18.8% 6516 81.2% 5.84 4.81 7.08 <0.001
Race
    Non-Hispanic White 76 3.3% 2255 96.7% 1.00
    Non-Hispanic Black 123 6.5% 1783 93.5% 2.91 2.15 3.93 <0.001
    Mexican American 80 8.9% 814 91.1% 6.01 4.25 8.48 <0.001
    Other Hispanic 93 12.6% 646 87.4% 6.17 4.44 8.58 <0.001
    Other race—including multi-racial 151 12.9% 1021 87.1% 7.33 5.42 9.91 <0.001
Smoking
    Never 289 5.9% 4647 94.1% 1.00
    Current smoker 98 9.9% 887 90.1% 1.03 0.80 1.33 0.796
    Quitter 136 12.1% 985 87.9% 0.98 0.77 1.23 0.833
Cotinine (ng/mL)
    <1 392 7.4% 4880 92.6% 1.00
    ≥1 and <10 18 4.8% 354 95.2% 0.93 0.56 1.52 0.764
    ≥10 104 8.3% 1150 91.7% 0.99 0.79 1.25 0.947
Passive smoking in workplace
    No 198 8.3% 2194 91.7% 1.00
    Yes 34 8.5% 364 91.5% 1.03 0.70 1.54 0.865
Passive smoking inside home
    No 467 7.7% 5611 92.3% 1.00
    Yes 56 5.9% 889 94.1% 0.77 0.57 1.03 0.077
Passive smoking
    No 442 7.6% 5337 92.4% 1.00
    Yes 81 6.5% 1170 93.5% 0.85 0.66 1.09 0.205
Household TB contact
    No 488 7.2% 6314 92.8% 1.00
    Yes 30 15.3% 166 84.7% 1.86 1.23 2.81 0.003
Diabetes status
    Normal 246 6.4% 3612 93.6% 1.00
    Pre-diabetes 144 10.6% 1219 89.4% 1.10 0.87 1.38 0.434
    Diabetes 124 15.6% 672 84.4% 1.43 1.11 1.84 0.005

Footnotes: AORs were adjusted by age and sex (except age and sex themselves).