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. 2007 Apr 18;14(6):714–719. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00073-07

TABLE 4.

Multivariate logistic regression for positive T-SPOT.TB and TST results (n = 390)a

Variable T-SPOT.TB
TST
% Positive (n) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) % Positive (n) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age NAc 1.04 (1.02-1.06)* 1.04 (1.01-1.06)* NA 1.06 (1.03-1.10)* 1.06 (1.02-1.09)*
Gender
    Male 20.3 (15) 1.00 1.00 93.9 (31) 1.00 1.00
    Female 79.7 (59) 1.57 (0.82-3.01) 1.54 (0.76-3.12) 6.1 (2) 0.34 (0.08-1.46) 0.23 (0.04-1.24)
Ethnicity
    Caucasian 29.7 (22) 1.00 1.00 21.2 (7) 1.00 1.00
    African-American 43.2 (32) 1.18 (0.65-2.15) 1.63 (0.83-3.20) 45.5 (15) 1.76 (0.70-4.45) 2.84 (0.97-8.28)
    Hispanic 32.4 (20) 1.36 (0.69-2.66) 1.73 (0.76-3.94) 33.3 (11) 2.38 (0.88-6.38) 1.69 (0.46-6.18)
Birth country
    United States 82.4 (61) 1.00 1.00 63.6 (21) 1.00 1.00
    Other 17.6 (13) 2.11 (1.04-4.29)* 2.28 (0.92-5.69) 36.4 (12) 6.23 (2.79-13.89)* 6.61 (1.98-22.01)*
Prior incarceration
    No 10.8 (8) 1.00 1.00 24.2 (8) 1.00 1.00
    Yes 89.2 (66) 1.13 (0.50-2.53) 1.32 (0.53-3.28) 75.8 (25) 0.37 (0.16-0.88)* 0.41 (0.14-1.19)
Intravenous drug use
    No 77.0 (57) 1.00 1.00 81.8 (27) 1.00 1.00
    Yes 23.0 (17) 2.65 (1.38-5.09)* 2.92 (1.36-6.27)* 18.2 (6) 1.62 (0.63-4.16) 2.54 (0.78-8.27)
Lived in shelterb
    No 74.3 (55) 1.00 1.00 72.7 (24) 1.00 1.00
    Yes 25.7 (19) 2.14 (1.16-3.94)* 1.74 (0.87-3.50) 27.3 (9) 2.10 (0.93-4.77) 2.78 (1.00-7.72)
HIV status
    Negative 94.6 (35) 1.00 1.00 86.4 (19) 1.00 1.00
    Positive 5.4 (2) 0.24 (0.03-1.84) 0.16 (0.02-1.33) 13.6 (3) 0.001 (0.00-99.9) 0.001 (0.00-99.9)
a

*, P < 0.05.

b

History of living in nursing homes, homeless shelters, drug rehabilitation centers, or “bunkhouses.”

c

NA, not applicable.