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. 2010 Dec 10;10:348. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-348

Table 3.

Concordance and agreement between TST, T-SPOT.TB and QFN-G-IT results according BCG vaccination status*

TST vs T-SPOT.TB TST vs QFN-G-IT T-SPOT.TB vs QFN-G-IT

Concordance (%) κ (SE**) Concordance (%) κ (SE) Concordance (%) κ (SE)
HIV-positive
Overall 59/73 (80.8) 0.019 (0.123) 65/73 (89) 0.373 (0.173) 65/73 (89) 0.275 (0.184)
BCG 4/8 (50) -*** 4/8 (50) -*** 8/8 (100) -***
Non-BCG 55/65 (84.6) 0.085 (0.154) 61/65 (93.8) 0.567 (0.194) 57/65 (87.7) 0.268 (0.186)

* Indeterminate IFN-γ assays results were not included in the analysis.

** standard deviation

***κ value is not possible to calculate because of T-SPOT.TB and QFN-G-IT results are one constant variable.