Table 2.

Associations with tuberculin skin test (TST) size and positivity

	Recruitment TST size				Recruitment TST positivity				Follow-up increase in TST size				Follow-up TST conversion
	Univariate regression (N = 174)		Multiple regression (N = 166)		Univariate regression (N = 174)		Multiple regression (N = 166)		Univariate regression (N = 63)		Multiple regression (N = 52)		Univariate regression (N = 63)		Multiple regression (N = 56)
	Co.	P value	Co.	P value	OR	P value	OR	P value	Co.	P value	Co.	P value	OR	P value	OR	P value
Data collected at recruitment
Age	0.2	0.001	0.012	0.001	1.0	0.07	1.02	0.1	0.006	0.8	−0.0079	0.8	1.0	0.4	1.03	0.3
Gender	−0.001	1.0	−0.0023	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.995	1.0	−0.02	0.9	0.39	0.7	1.5	0.5	1.1	0.9
BCG scars	0.3	0.005	0.29	0.009	2.7	0.03	2.4	0.01	−0.48	0.7	−1.2	0.2	0.1	0.05	0.1	0.039
Known TB contact	0.28	0.05	0.30	0.03	2.0	0.07	2.4	0.041	−0.3	0.2	–	–	0.6	0.6	–	–
Body mass index	0.003	0.8	–	–	1.0	0.7	–	–	0.02	0.2	0.21	0.1	1.2	0.09	–	–
Percent body fat	0.007	0.2	–	–	1.0	0.7	–	–	0.03	0.6	–	–	0.03	0.6	–	–
Intestinal helminth infection*	−0.08	0.8	–	–	1.7	0.6	–	–	0.3	0.6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Intestinal helminth co-infection	−0.11	0.4	–	–	0.6	0.2	–	–	0.09	0.9	–	–	2.1	0.3	–	–
Data collected at follow-up
Albendazole vs. placebo	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.2	0.8	–	–	1.1	0.9	–	–
Cure of helminths	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	−0.1	0.5	–	–	0.6	0.6	–	–
Cure/reduction in egg concentration	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	−0.2	0.1	–	–	0.5	0.3	–	–

NA signifies that the analysis was not biologically appropriate, and – signifies that the variable did not feature in the multiple regression model (see Methods). Co = coefficient; OR = odds ratio.

^*This information could not be included in some analyses in which all participants with available data had intestinal helminth infection.