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. 2020 Apr 3;189(7):735–745. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaa028

Table 3.

Target Statistics (Median (Interquartile Range)) for Modeled, Sampled Networksa Under Scenarios 3 and 4 As Compared With an Empirical Network of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Cases, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2011–2014

Degree and Percentile of Degree Distribution
Type of Sampling and Mean Degree 10th Percentile c 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile Maximum P Value b
Target statistics for empirical network
 5-SNP threshold 0 0 1 7 62
 3-SNP threshold 0 0 0 1 22
Cases sampled preferentially by smear status (scenario 3)d
 50/50 smear−/+ (empirical network: 30/70 smear−/+)
 2 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 4 (4–5) 0 (0–0)
 5 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–2) 7 (7–8) 0 (0–0)
 10 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 3 (3–3) 11 (10–12) 0 (0–0)
 20 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 3 (2–3) 6 (6–6) 18 (17–19) 0 (0–0)
 70/30 smear−/+ (empirical network: 30/70 smear−/+)
 2 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 4 (4–5) 0 (0–0)
 5 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 7 (6–7) 0 (0–0)
 10 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 2 (2–3) 11 (10–12) 0 (0–0)
 20 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 2 (2–2) 5 (5–5) 19 (18–21) 0 (0–0)
Unmeasured factor (scenario 4) (40×, P = 0.10)
 2 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 7 (6–8) 0 (0–0)
 5 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 14 (12–15) 0 (0–0)
 8 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 30 (28–32) 0 (0–0)
 10 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 1 (1–1) 36 (34–38) 0 (0–0)
 20 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 2 (2–3) 62 (60–63) 0 (0–0.002)

Abbreviations: SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; TB, tuberculosis; TRAX Study, Transmission Study of XDR TB; XDR, extensively drug-resistant.

a 1,000 networks were simulated from each model; each modeled network was sampled once.

b P values from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test with a 2-sided alternative hypothesis, calculated using 1,000 bootstrap samples. P values shown as 0 were less than 2.2e-16.

c Median of the 10th percentile of the degree distribution from 1,000 modeled, sampled networks.

d Smear distribution among TRAX cases (in empirical network): 32% smear-negative, 68% smear-positive.