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. 2011 Dec 28;6(12):e28754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028754

Table 1. Relative risk of TST conversion for ELISpot-positive, TST-negative contacts.

ESAT-6 CFP-10 Rv3873 Rv3878 Rv3879c PPD SKSDa
Test result positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative positive negative
TST conversion b 3 38 4 37 7 34 3 38 8 33 26 15 21 20
TST non-conversion 25 244 19 250 17 252 10 259 24 245 114 155 159 110
Cumulative percentage risk of conversion (95% CI) 10.7 13.5 17.4 12.9 29.2 11.9 23.1 12.8 25 11.9 18.6 8.8 11.7 15.4
(2.2, 28.2) (9.7, 18.0) (5.0, 38.8) (9.2, 17.3) (12.6, 51.1) (8.4, 16.2) (5.0, 53.8) (9.2, 17.1) (11.5, 43.4) (8.3, 16.3) (12.5, 26.0) (5.0, 14.1) (7.4, 17.3) (9.6, 22.8)
Relative risk of conversion (95% CI) 0.80 (0.26, 2.41) 1.35 (0.53, 3.45) 2.45 (1.22, 4.93) 1.80 (0.64, 5.08) 2.11 (1.07, 4.16) 2.10 (1.16, 3.82) 0.76 (0.43, 1.34)
P value 0.68 0.54 0.02 0.28 0.04 0.01 0.34
a

Streptokinase streptodornase (SKSD), a non-tuberculosis control antigen.

b

TST conversion defined as an increase in induration of ≥10 mm between the 1st and 2nd TST where the first TST was <5 mm.