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. 2021 Jun;2(6):e267–e275. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00043-4

Table.

Participant characteristics

Study participants (N=197)
Age, years 34 (24–40)
Sex
Female 95 (48%)
Male 102 (52%)
Study group
Recent household exposure to human index case with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis, Addis Ababa 69 (35%)*
Recent occupational exposure to bovine index case with culture-positive bovine tuberculosis, recruited in cattle farms 56 (28%)
Attending outpatient HIV clinic, Addis Ababa 72 (37%)
BCG scar 78 (40%)
Current smoker 8 (4%)
HIV infection 75 (38%)§
QuantiFERON-positive 98 (50%)

Data are median (IQR) or n (%).

*

Three (4%) of 69 had HIV infections.

0 (0%) of 56 had HIV infections, and 10 (18%) had recent household tuberculosis contact.

72 (100%) of 72 had HIV infections, five (7%) had recent household tuberculosis contact, and 14 (19%) had previously had active tuberculosis.

§

Viral load was undetectable in 59 (92%) of 64 HIV-infected individuals for whom data were available.

25 (26%) of 98 had HIV infections, and 40 (41%) had a BCG scar.