Test result | School type**: N (%) |
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| | Private | Government |
---|
QFT
|
Negative
| 69 (75.0) | 118 (77.1) |
Positive
| 17 (18.5) | 34 (22.2) |
Indeterminate
| 6 (6.5) | 1 (0.7) |
TST
¶
|
Negative
| 87 (94.6) | 132 (86.3) |
|
Positive
| 5 (5.4) | 21 (13.7)* |
-
¶TST measured at 10 mm cut-off; 85%CI: et al. 2012ST positives among Ethiopian adults recruited from medical schools.
- * P-value = 0.0413; ** School type was used as a proxy for socio-economic class. Private schools are fee dependent, whereas government schools rely entirely on government support and are free to attend.