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. 2014 May 5;9(5):e96367. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096367

Table 4. Evaluation of the statistical difference of PGL-Tb1 and anti-ESAT-6/CFP10 antibodies in HIV-uninfected and unknown active TB patients stratified by the center of enrolment (as reported in Table 2).

Centers Centers
Antigen Centers Hinduja AIIMS Safdarjung JALMA NIMS TRC Antigen Centers Hinduja AIIMS Safdarjung JALMA NIMS TRC
p value for PGL-Tb1 antibodies p value for ESAT6/CFP10 antibodies
PGL-Tb1 Hinduja AIIMS Safdarjung JALMA NIMS TRC ESAT6/CFP10 Hinduja AIIMS Safdarjung JALMA NIMS TRC
Hinduja NA 0.0461 0.1282 0.0005 0.8466 0.7251 Hinduja NA 0.8400 <0.0001 0.0002 0.0005 0.0006
AIIMS - NA 0.0027 0.6982 0.1778 0.0639 AIIMS - NA 0.0003 0.0039 0.0061 0.0532
Safdarjung - - NA 0.0002 0.3139 0.2016 Safdarjung - - NA 0.3706 0.7169 0.0752
JALMA - - - NA 0.0699 0.0018 JALMA - - - NA 0.3546 0.1968
NIMS - - - - NA 0.8253 NIMS - - - - NA 0.0604
TRC - - - - - NA TRC - - - - - NA

Footnotes: p value was evaluated by comparing the quantitative levels of antibodies obtained in the different tests by the Mann-Whitney test.