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. 2010 Dec 10;183(8):1103–1111. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201004-0620OC

TABLE 3.

VALUES ASSUMED FOR MODEL PARAMETERS IN BASE-CASE, WORST-CASE, AND BEST-CASE SCENARIOS

Base-Case Scenario (%) Worst-Case Scenario (%) Best-Case Scenario (%)
Risk of selecting INH-R TB in asymptomatic HIV-infected adults with prevalent TB disease 14 50 10
Abnormal CXR rate in asymptomatic HIV-infected adults 11 20 5
Prevalent TB disease in asymptomatic HIV-infected adults with abnormal CXRs 14 30 10
Efficacy of IPT in HIV-infected adults (regardless of TST status) 37.5 33 42

Definition of abbreviations: CXR = chest X-ray; INH-R = isoniazid resistant; IPT = isoniazid preventive therapy; TB = tuberculosis; TST = tuberculin skin test.

All other parameters remained identical to the base-case values shown in Table 1.