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. 2019 Oct 15;5(4):00258-2018. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00258-2018

TABLE 3.

Factors associated with discordant results between tests in the univariate analysis

OR (95% CI) p-value
Age
 <65 years 1 0.92
 ≥65 years 1.05 (0.4–2.71)
Sex
 Female 1 0.92
 Male 1.05 (0.4–2.71)
Type of cancer diagnosis by location
 Haematologic 0.92 (0.19–4.42) 0.92
 Nonhaematologic# 1
Cancer status
 Partial or complete remission 1 0.84
 Current management with palliative or curative chemotherapy 1.67 (0.54–5.18)
 Current management with other treatments 1.81 (0.41–7.98)
 Progression, with follow-up 0.98 (0.19–5.2)
 Initial staging, before the beginning of treatment 1.96 (0.35–11.17)
Scar of BCG vaccine
 Yes 0.65 (0.25–1.71) 0.39
 No 1
Comorbidities associated with immunosuppression
 Treatment with other immunosuppressants 1.98 (0.69–5.78) 0.43
 Corticosteroid use for >90 days 4.25 (0.69–26.22)
 Insulin-dependent diabetes 2.83 (0.27–29.9)
 History of haematopoietic stem cell transplant 2.83 (0.27–29.9)
 None 1
Lymphopenia
 Yes 0.99 (0.26–3.81) 0.99
 No 1

BCG: bacille Calmette–Guérin. #: nonhaematologic cancers were grouped for analysis; : cases of management with palliative and curative chemotherapy were grouped for analysis.