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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Dec;17(12):1552–1557. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0239

Table 2.

Sensitivities, specificities and positive predictive values (PPVs) for tuberculosis within 1 year postpartum associated with cut-off values in IFN-γ response measured at 32 weeks’ gestation in HIV-1 infected women.

Predictor Cut-off value Events PYFU Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Positive Predictive value (95% CI) AUC (95% CI) Hazard Ratio* (95% CI) p-value
IFN-γ >0 7 164.3 78.9 (47.8–100.0) 35.7 (30.3–41.4) 4.3 (1.7–8.8) 0.57 (0.41–0.69) 1.9 (0.4–9.3) 0.41
≥ 6 7 118.7 77.7 (45.7–100.0) 54.6 (49.3–60.1) 5.9 (2.4–12.2) 0.66 (0.50–0.78) 4.0 (0.8–19.3) 0.08
≥ 10 6 102.1 65.0 (29.0–98.7) 60.5 (55.2–65.7) 5.9 (2.2–12.8) 0.63 (0.45–0.80) 3.0 (0.7–12.0) 0.12
ESAT-6 >0 6 148.6 69.1 (36.3–100.0) 41.3 (35.9–46.8) 4.0 (1.5–8.8) 0.55 (0.37–0.70) 1.4 (0.4–5.7) 0.61
≥ 6 6 101.8 67.4 (30.7–98.0) 61.2 (56.1–66.8) 5.9 (2.2–12.8) 0.64 (0.45–0.80) 3.0 (0.8–12.1) 0.12
≥ 10 5 86.7 55.5 (21.3–90.2) 66.2 (60.8–71.5) 5.8 (1.9–13.5) 0.61 (0.43–0.79) 2.4 (0.7–9.1) 0.18
CFP-10 >0 7 143.9 78.9 (44.1–100.0) 43.9 (38.3–49.1) 4.9 (2.0–10.0) 0.61 (0.46–0.74) 2.7 (0.6–13.1) 0.21
≥ 6 6 93.6 66.0 (28.5–99.2) 63.4 (57.7–68.6) 6.4 (2.4–14.0) 0.65 (0.46–0.82) 3.4 (0.9–13.8) 0.08
≥ 10 5 76.7 50.5 (13.9–85.2) 69.8 (64.7–74.8) 6.5 (2.1–15.2) 0.60 (0.43–0.78) 2.9 (0.8–10.8) 0.11

Note: PYFU Person years of follow-up; CI Confidence Interval

*

Crude Hazard Ratio for active TB in women above IFN-γ cut-off value compared with women below IFN-γ cut-off value