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. 2015 Jun 29;2015:275029. doi: 10.1155/2015/275029

Table 2.

Odds ratios and effectiveness of the association between BCG vaccination and TB according to different diagnostic categories. Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino (HPDB, Angola): January 2005–December 2006.

Variable Tuberculosis
(all diagnostic categories)
Control OR
(95% CI)
p value (1-OR) (%)
(95% CI)
N % N %
BCG vaccination
 No 86 37.4 239 35.6 1.00
 Yes 144 62.6 433 64.4 0.92
(0.68–1.26)
0.62 8
(−26–32)
 Total 230 25.5 672 74.5

Variable Tuberculosis
(confirmed diagnosis)
Control OR
(95% CI)
p value (1-OR) (%)
(95% CI)
N % N %

BCG vaccination
 No 20 35.7 239 35.6 1.00
 Yes 36 64.3 433 64.4 0.99
(0.54–1.82)
0.90 1
(−82%–46%)
 Total 56 7.7 672 92.3

Variable Tuberculosis
(probable diagnosis)
Control OR
(95% CI)
p value (1-OR) (%)
(95% CI)
N % N %

BCG vaccination
 No 66 37.9 239 35.6 1.00
 Yes 108 62.1 433 64.4 0.90
(0.63–1.29)
0.62 10
(−29–37)
 Total 174 20.6 672 79.4

BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guérin; TB: tuberculosis; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; (1-OR) (%): BCG effectiveness.