Table 3.
Test result |
School type**: N (%) |
||
---|---|---|---|
Private | Government | ||
QFT |
Negative |
69 (75.0) |
118 (77.1) |
Positive |
17 (18.5) |
34 (22.2) |
|
Indeterminate |
6 (6.5) |
1 (0.7) |
|
TST¶ |
Negative |
87 (94.6) |
132 (86.3) |
Positive | 5 (5.4) | 21 (13.7)* |
¶TST measured at 10 mm cut-off; 85%CI: et al. 2012ST positives among Ethiopian adults recruited from medical schools.
* P-value = 0.0413; ** School type was used as a proxy for socio-economic class. Private schools are fee dependent, whereas government schools rely entirely on government support and are free to attend.