Table 6. Experience with molecular tests among survey respondents, stratified by use of the Xpert assay and other molecular assays.a.
| Test used | Income level of the countries (World Bank classification) | p* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High income | Upper middle income | Lower middle income | Low-income | ||||||
| Years of experience with molecular assays | |||||||||
| 1-10 | > 10 | 1-10 | > 10 | 1-10 | > 10 | 1-10 | > 10 | ||
| Xpert MTB/RIF | 23 (46.94) | 26 (53.06) | 46 (86.79) | 7 (13.21) | 42 (84.00) | 8 (16.00) | 30 (88.24) | 4 (11.76) | < 0.00001 |
| Other molecular assays | 29 (35.80) | 52 (64.20) | 45 (66.18) | 23 (33.82) | 20 (74.07) | 7 (25.93) | 6 (75.00) | 2 (25.00) | 0.003 |
| p* | 0.2846 | 0.0742 | 0.3891 | 0.3923 | |||||
a
Values expressed as n (%), except where otherwise indicated. *Corrected for respondent age.