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. 2021 Mar;127:102033. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2020.102033

Table 2.

Characteristics of Cluster groups 1 and 2.


BClustLong clustering group

Cluster 1 Cluster 2 p value
Number of participants 16 6 N/A
Patient IDs HC51 LTBI6 N/A
HC53 LTBI10
HC54 LTBI14
HC55 LTBI22
LTBI1 LTBI23
LTBI2 LTBI30
LTBI3
LTBI5
LTBI7
LTBI9
LTBI12
LTBI15
LTBI16
LTBI27
LTBI28
Age in years: Median (IQR) 32.5 (24–41) 33.5 (29–38) 0.6
Gender Male 9 (56%) 4 (66%) 1
Female 7 (44%) 2 (33%)
Confirmed recent exposure to DS-TBa Yes 10 (83%) 5 (83%) 1
No 2 (17%) 1 (17%)
BCG Yes 10 (62%) 6 (100%) 0.2
No 4(25%) 0 (0%)
Unknown 2 (13%) 0 (0%)
Continent of Birth Africa 3 (19%) 1 (17%) 0.2
Asia 1 (6%) 3 (50%)
Australasia 1 (6%) 0 (0%)
Europe 9 (56%) 2 (33%)
North America 1(6%) 0 (0%)
South America 1 (6%) 0 (0%)
Ethnicity Asianb 4 (25%) 3 (50%) 0.7
Blackc 3 (19%) 1 (17%)
Whited 8 (50%) 2 (33%)
Othere 1 (6%) 0 (0%)
a

For IGRA+ participants only.

b

Includes Bengali, Hong Kong, Kurdish, Sri Lankan, Turkish.

c

Includes Black African.

d

Includes White British, Polish, Romanian, White other.

e

Includes Latin American, Unknown.