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. 2012 Feb 15;185(4):427–434. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201107-1244OC

TABLE 4.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN QFT-GIT AND TST

TST Positive* TST Negative Total
QFT-GIT positive 11 (0.6%) 25 (1.4%) 36 (2%)
QFT-GIT negative 37 (2.1%) 1,708 (95.9%) 1,745 (98%)
Total 48 (2.7%) 1,733 (97.3%) 1,781

Definition of abbreviations: QFT-GIT = QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test; TST = tuberculin skin test.

*

TST positive defined by risk stratified interpretation (30).

% agreement = 96.5%.

Κ (95% confidence interval) = 0.24 (0.12–0.37).