TABLE 1.

BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY EXPOSED CHILDREN COMPARED WITH CHILDREN WITH CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE TB, AGE <10 YEARS

Category	Healthy Exposed (n = 62)	CP-TB (n = 96)	P Value
Female, n (%)	29 (47)	51 (53)	0.4*
Mean age, yr	4.7	3.6	0.01†
Age IQR	2.5 to 6	1 to 6
Mean BMI Z score	0.09	−0.8	0.006†
BMI Z score IQR	−0.6 to 0.6	−2.1 to 0.6
TST+, n (%)	28 (45)	40 (42)	0.6*

Definition of abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; CP = confirmed and probable; IQR = inter-quartile range; TB = tuberculosis; TST = tuberculin skin test.

^*Chi-square test.

^†Student t test Satterthwaite/unequal variances.