Table 4. Comparison of treatment outcome according to QFT-GIT results in patients with pleural TB.

Variable	Total (n=199)	QFT-GIT-negative group (n=36)	QFT-GIT-positive group (n=163)	P value
Favorable outcome	163 (81.9%)	24 (66.7%)	139 (85.3%)	0.017
Unfavorable outcome	36 (18.1%)	12 (33.3%)	24 (14.7%)	0.017
Discontinuation of anti-TB medication	6 (3.0%)	3 (8.3%)	3 (1.8%)	0.074
Follow-up loss	17 (8.5%)	3 (8.3%)	14 (8.6%)	1.000
Death	13 (6.5%)	6 (16.7%)	7 (4.3%)	0.015
TB-related death	4 (2.0%)	1 (2.8%)	3 (1.8%)	0.553
Not TB-related death	9 (4.5%)	5 (13.9%)	4 (2.5%)	0.011

QFT-GIT, QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube; TB, tuberculosis.