Table 3.
Odds ratios for the association between smoking and false negative or indeterminate result in an univariate analysis for 34 Danish and 172 Tanzanian TB patients
| |
False negative QFT |
Indeterminate QFT |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p | OR (95% CI) | p | |
|
Danish TB pt |
11.3, 95% CI: 1.2-287.7 |
p = 0.02 |
0.6, 95% CI: 0.05-7.6 |
p = 0.69 |
| Tanzanian | 3.8, 95% CI: 1.2-11.8 | p = 0.02 | 2.9, 95% CI: 0.97-8.7 | p = 0.06 |
Odds ratios (OR) were for false negative results and indeterminate results in univariate analysis in 34 Danish and 172 Tanzanian patients.
Possible predictors for a false negative and indeterminate QFT result respectively were identified by univariate analysis in 34 Danish and 172 Tanzanian patients with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (Table 3).