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. 2013 Dec 19;8(12):e82727. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082727

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants at least 15 years of age (N=1,475); percentage positive by QFT-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT), percentage positive by TST at indurations of 5 mm (TST-5), 10 mm (TST-10), and 15 mm (TST-15) and Mantoux tuberculin skin test response (TST), by clinical characteristic.

Chest Radiograph Normal orNot Consistent with TB Disease
Chest Radiograph Consistent with TB Disease
No Culture Done (Normal-CXR)

Sputum Culture Negative (TB-CXR)

Sputum Culture Positive (TB)
Enrolled

% Test Positive
Enrolled
% Test Positive
Enrolled
% Test Positive


TST


TST


TST
N (%)
5mm 10mm 15mm QFT
N (%) 5mm 10mm 15mm QFT
N (%) 5mm 10mm 15mm QFT
Total 479 (100) 71.0 49.3 23.0 33.6 864 (100) 79.4 61.5 33.0 67.6 132 (100) 89.4 81.1 52.3 86.4
Age (years) 78 (16.3) 53.8 37.2 16.7 19.2 86 (10.0) 81.4 60.5 29.1 61.6 29 (22.0) 96.6 96.6 69.0 89.7
15-29
30-44 311 (64.9) 74.9 51.8 23.5 36.3 206 (23.8) 88.3 72.8 44.2 72.8 43 (32.6) 88.4 81.4 53.5 86.0
45-59 82 (17.1) 72.0 51.2 29.3 35.4 390 (45.1) 80.3 63.1 31.8 72.3 41 (31.1) 87.8 75.6 48.8 85.4
60+ 8 (1.7) 75.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 182 (21.1) 66.5 45.6 24.7 54.4 19 (14.4) 84.2 68.4 31.6 84.2
Sex 248 (51.8) 64.9 43.5 20.6 28.2 367 (42.5) 78.7 62.4 33.0 68.4 41 (31.1) 97.6 95.1 61.0 90.2
Female
Male 231 (48.2) 77.5 55.4 25.5 39.4 497 (57.5) 79.9 60.8 33.0 67.0 91 (68.9) 85.7 74.7 48.4 84.6
History of diabetes 475 (99.2) 71.2 49.3 22.9 33.7 838 (97.0) 79.8 61.5 32.9 68.1 128 (97.0) 89.8 81.3 52.3 86.7
No
Yes 4 (0.8) 50.0 50.0 25.0 25.0 26 (3.0) 65.4 61.5 34.6 50.0 4 (3.0) 75.0 75.0 50.0 75.0
Tobacco Use 40 (8.4) 90.0 60.0 25.0 47.5 85 (9.8) 84.7 61.2 36.5 72.9 20 (15.2) 80.0 75.0 40.0 85.0
Current
History only 20 (4.2) 95.0 70.0 40.0 55.0 55 (6.4) 69.1 52.7 27.3 61.8 7 (5.3) 100 85.7 57.1 100
None 419 (87.5) 68.0 47.3 22.0 31.3 724 (83.8) 79.6 62.2 33.0 67.4 105 (79.5) 90.5 81.9 54.3 85.7
History of TB 478 (99.8) 70.9 49.4 23.0 33.7 596 (69.0) 76.8 59.1 31.4 63.6 118 (89.4) 90.7 82.2 51.7 86.4
No
Treated 1 (0.2) 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 258 (29.9) 84.9 67.1 37.2 77.1 12 (9.1) 75.0 66.7 50.0 83.3
Not treated . . . . . . . . 10 (1.2) 90.0 60.0 20.0 60.0 2 (1.5) 100 100 100 100