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

Table 5. Evaluation of quantitative levels of anti-PGL-Tb1 and anti-ESAT-6/CFP10 antibodies (medians) in individuals with varying risk of latent tuberculosis infection stratified by the center of enrolment.

Antigen Center High risk controls
Hospitalized non-ATB Patients Heath Care Workers Healthy Family Contacts Cured TB Patients
N OD median (IQR) N OD median (IQR) N OD median (IQR) N OD median (IQR)
PGL-Tb1 Hinduja 40 0.078 (0.057–0.157) 38 0.064 (0.052–0.093) 0 NA 0 NA
AIIMS 2 0.104 (0.067–0.140) 34 0.064 (0.051–0.088) 0 NA 0 NA
Safdarjung 1 0.171 0 NA 0 NA 0 NA
JALMA 30 0.076 (0.049–0.106) 0 NA 48 0.083 (0.045–0.118) 0 NA
TRC 0 NA 49 0.095* (0.053–0.173) 56 0.098* (0.063–0.187) 90 0.112 (0.080–0.203)
ESAT-6/CFP10 Hinduja 42 0.074 (0.055–0.124) 38 0.046 (0.038–0.070) 0 NA 29 NA
AIIMS 2 1.419 (0.056–2.781) 34 0.054 (0.042–0.078) 0 NA 5 NA
Safdarjung 1 0.070 0 NA 0 NA 0 NA
JALMA 30 0.030* (0.025–0.061) 0 NA 48 0.044 (0.028–0.060) 0 NA
TRC 0 NA 49 0.055 (0.040–0.109) 56 0.064* (0.048–0.084) 90 0.076 (0.052–0.120)
Low risk controls
Blood donors (BD) Healthy Community Adults (HCA)
N OD median (IQR) N OD median (IQR) p value BD versus HCA p value BD from Hinduja vs BD from other sites
PGL-Tb1 Hinduja 199 0.065 (0.049–0.090) 100 0.067 (0.046–0.100) 0.9000 NA
AIIMS 200 0.051 (0.035–0.076) 0 NA NA 0.0003
NIMS 60 0.039 (0.020–0.056) 0 NA NA <0.0001
ESAT-6/CFP10 Hinduja 199 0.057 (0.042–0.081) 100 0.059 (0.043–0.080) 0.0737 NA
AIIMS 200 0.042 (0.029–0.053) 0 NA NA <0.0001
NIMS 69 0.027 (0.018–0.041) 0 NA NA <0.0001

Footnotes: N =  number of serum tested; NA: not applicable because no individual has been recruited at that center;* p<0.01.