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. 2014 May 5;9(5):e96613. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096613

Table 2. Epidemiologic Measures of TB exposure burden.

Totaln  = 122 Stable Convertersn = 97 (79.5%) Revertersn = 25 (20.5%) P-value
AFB smear of Index
1+ 5 4 (4%) 1 (4%) 0.52
2+ 25 18 (19%) 7 (28%)
3+ 92 75 (17%) 17 (68%)
Cavitary lesions on Index CXR
Yes 66 53 (55%) 13 (52%) 0.81
No 55 43 (44%) 12 (48%)
Unknown 1 1 (1%) 0
# Co-prevalent TB cases in household
0 105 84 (87%) 21 (84%) 0.96
1 9 6 (6%) 3 (12%)
2 8 7 (7%) 1 (4%)
# Incident TB cases in household
0 114 92 (95%) 22 (88%) 0.10
1 7 5 (5%) 2 (8%)
2 1 0 1 (4%)