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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2020 Jan;145(1):e20191930. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-1930

TABLE 5.

Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, and NPV of TST, QFT-GIT, and T-SPOT for Predicting Progression to Tuberculosis, Based on Incident Disease

Test Sensitivity, % (95% CI) Specificity, % (95% CI) PPV, % (95% CI) NPV, % (95% CI)

TST 50.0 (15.0–85.0) 73.4 (71.9–74.8) 0.2 (0.1–0.8) 99.9 (99.7–100.0)
QFT-GIT 75.0 (30.1–95.4) 90.1 (89.1–91.1) 0.9 (0.3–2.5) 100.0 (99.8–100.0)
T-SPOT 50.0 (15.0–85.0) 92.9 (92.0–93.7) 0.8 (0.2–2.9) 99.9 (99.8–100.0)