. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 13.

Published in final edited form as: J Infect Dis. 2005 Oct 12;192(10):1806–1814. doi: 10.1086/497146

Table 1.

Interferon (IFN)–γ responses to bromohydrin pyrophosphate (BrHPP) in whole blood from patients with tuberculosis and their household contacts in Kampala, Uganda, according to HIV-1 serostatus.

Parameter	HIV-1 negative (n = 122)		HIV-1 positive (n = 56)
Parameter	Patients with tuberculosis (n = 37)	Household contacts (n = 85)	Patients with tuberculosis (n = 36)	Household contacts (n = 20)
Sex, no. (%) male	20 (54)	34 (40)	16 (44)	9 (45)
Age, mean ± SD, years	27.4 ± 9.1	29.8 ± 13.8	33.6 ± 9	32.4 ± 8.2
IFN-γ response, median (interquartile range), pg/mL	423 (101–935)	746 (335–2223)	131 (13–652)	431 (68–1486)
IFN-γ response, log-transformed mean ± SD, pg/mL	2.49 ± 0.85	2.86 ± 0.78	1.88 ± 1.16	2.23 ± 1.19
Tuberculin skin test response, no. (%) positive	ND	63 (74)	ND	7 (35)

NOTE. IFN-γ (pg/mL) was measured in supernatants of whole blood stimulated for 7 days with BrHPP and interleukin-2. ND, not determined; TST, tuberculin skin test.