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. 2021 Jul 28;9(1):10.1128/spectrum.00096-21. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00096-21

TABLE 2.

QuantiFERON-TB (1-tube, 4-tube QFT-Plus, and QFT-GIT) proportions of positive and indeterminate results by age group

Age group No. specimens % Positive (95% CI)b % Indeterminate (95% CI)
0–2 11,974 1.4 (1.19, 1.61) 3.4 (3.1, 3.7)
3–5 37,947 1.2 (1.12, 1.35) 1.7 (1.5, 1.8)
6–17 187,928 3.0 (2.88, 3.03) 1.03 (0.98, 1.07)
18–65 1,842,247 7.2 (7.16, 7.23) 1.2 (1.19, 1.23)
>65 230,569 10.0 (9.92, 10.17) 3.0 (2.9, 3.1)
Totala 2,310,665 7.0 (6.97, 7.04) 1.4 (1.38, 1.41)
a

Any records with missing age information are not included.

b

CI, confidence interval.