Table 1.
Results of TST and QFT-GIT tests in 1-15 years old BCG vaccinated children, Shiraz, Iran, 2010 (No=967)
| TST results (n (%)) |
QFTGIT results (%(n)) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 mm | 5-9 mm | 10-14 mm | ≥15 mm | Total | Negative | Positive | Total | |
| Age groups | ||||||||
| 1-5 yr | 270 (82.8) | 44 (13.5) | 10 (3.1) | 2 (0.6) | 326 (100) | 315 (97.2) | 9 (2.8) | 326 (100) |
| 6-10 yr | 257 (79.8) | 54 (16.8) | 7 (2.2) | 4 (1.2) | 322 (100) | 317 (98.3) | 5 (1.5) | 322 (100) |
| 11-15 yr | 222 (69.6) | 83 (26) | 7 (2.2) | 7 (2.2) | 319 (100) | 312 (97.8) | 7 (2.2) | 319 (100) |
| Total | 749 (77.5) | 181 (18.7) | 24 (2.5) | 13 (1.3) | 967 (100) | 946 (97.8) | 21 (2.2) | 967 (100) |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 362 (74.8) | 104 (21.5) | 12 (2.5) | 6 (1.2) | 484 (100) | 468 (96.7) | 16 (3.3) | 484 (100) |
| Female | 387 (80) | 77 (16) | 12 (2.5) | 7 (1.5) | 483 (100) | 478 (99) | 5 (1) | 483 (100) |
| Total | 749 (77.5) | 181 (18.7) | 24 (2.5) | 13 (1.3) | 967 (100) | 946 (97.8) | 21 (2.2) | 967 (100) |
| Location in Shiraz | ||||||||
| Region 1 | 193 (81.4) | 36 (15.2) | 5 (2.1) | 3 (1.3) | 237 (100) | 232 (97.9) | 5 (2.1) | 237 (100) |
| Region 2 | 200 (86.2) | 24 (10.3) | 6 (2.6) | 2 (0.9) | 232 (100) | 221 (95.3) | 11 (4.7) | 232 (100) |
| Region 3 | 195 (78.6) | 44 (17.7) | 6 (2.4) | 3 (1.2) | 248 (100) | 248 (100) | 0 | 248 (100) |
| Region 4 | 161 (64.4) | 77 (30.8) | 7 (2.8) | 5 (2) | 250 (100) | 245 (98) | 5 (2) | 250 (100) |
| Total | 749 (77.5) | 181 (18.7) | 24 (2.5) | 13 (1.3) | 967 (100) | 946 (97.8) | 21 (2.2) | 967 (100) |