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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thorax. 2018 Jul 7;73(11):1062–1070. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211715

Table 3.

Combinations of test results for participants, by study group (by using the international cut-off of ≥6 spots=positive for TST=T-SPOT.TB

Test combination, TST/QFT-IT/TSPOT Foreign-born, HIV-seronegative, aged ≥5 Years Foreign-born, HIV-seronegative, aged <5 years Foreign-born, HIV-seropositive, aged ≥5 years US-born, HIV-seronegative, aged ≥5 years US-born, HIV-seropositive, aged ≥5 years
− − − 3778 330 94 589 1090
− − + 86 1 1 7 9
− + − 162 2 8 20 53
− + + 157 0 0 12 10
+ − − 1666 115 10 53 40
+ − + 200 1 0 5 1
+ + − 314 6 7 14 8
+ + + 1568 9 20 75 15
Total 7931 464 140 775 1226

−, negative test; +, positive test; FB, foreign born; QFT-IT, QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube; TSPOT, T-SPOT.TB; TST, tuberculin skin test.