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QuantiFERON®TB Gold positive results distributed by TST-induration, gender, BCG-status and origin |
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| Total study group |
TST 6–9 mm |
TST 10–14 mm |
TST =>15 mm |
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| Variable |
TST |
QFT+ |
TST |
QFT+ |
TST |
QFT+ |
TST |
QFT+ |
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| No. |
No. (%) |
95% CI |
No. |
No. (%) |
No. |
No. (%) |
No. |
No. (%) |
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| Study group |
511 |
44 (9) |
6.4 – 11.2 |
207 |
8 (4) |
198 |
13 (7) |
106 |
23 (22) |
| Gender |
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| Male |
275 |
21 (8) |
4.9 – 11.2 |
110 |
6 (6) |
110 |
7 (6) |
55 |
8 (15) |
| Female |
236 |
23 (10) |
6.4 – 14.0 |
97 |
2 (2) |
88 |
6 (7) |
51 |
15 (29) |
| Origin of child |
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| Western-born |
280 |
16 (6) |
3.4 – 8.9 |
131 |
6 (5) |
110 |
7 (6) |
39 |
3 (8) |
| Second generation immigrant |
108 |
6 (6) |
2.3 – 11.1 |
41 |
1 (2) |
44 |
1 (2) |
23 |
4 (17) |
| First generation immigrant |
123 |
22 (18) |
11.9 – 25.4 |
35 |
1 (3) |
44 |
5 (11) |
44 |
16 (36) |
| BCG-scar |
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| Scar |
236 |
23 (10) |
6.4 – 14.0 |
80 |
2 (3) |
89 |
5 (6) |
67 |
16 (24) |
| No scar |
262 |
18 (7) |
4.2 – 10.4 |
125 |
6 (5) |
101 |
7 (7) |
36 |
5 (14) |
| Doubtful or no report |
13 |
3 (23) |
6.2 – 50.9 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
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Number of QuantiFERON®TB Gold positive results among 511 tuberculin skin test positive children detected in the Norwegian school based screening programme in the school year of 2005–6. | |||||||||
Winje et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:140 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-140 |
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