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Table 1 Characteristics of studied subjects and results of TST and T SPOT TB test

From: T-cell-based diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in children in Lithuania: a country of high incidence despite a high coverage with bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination

  

Groups

Variables

 

Culture-confirmed TB

High risk for TB

Low risk for TB

Subjects n

 

23

45

52

 

male

52.2

42.2

53.8

Sex, %

female

47.8

57.8

46.2

Age, yrs

 

15.1 (2.3)

14.0 (1.7)

13.3 (2.3)

TST size (mm)

 

18.0 (3.4)*

8.7 (6.1)

10.0 (7.2)

T SPOT TB spot counts

 

35.0 (22.5)*

3.0 (5.4)

2.9 (4.4)

  1. - data are presented as mean (SD)
  2. *- p < 0.001 vs other groups