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Table 3 Odds ratios for the association between smoking and false negative or indeterminate result in an univariate analysis for 34 Danish and 172 Tanzanian TB patients

From: Negative effect of smoking on the performance of the QuantiFERON TB gold in tube test

 

False negative QFT

Indeterminate QFT

 

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Danish TB pt

11.3, 95% CI: 1.2-287.7

p = 0.02

0.6, 95% CI: 0.05-7.6

p = 0.69

Tanzanian

3.8, 95% CI: 1.2-11.8

p = 0.02

2.9, 95% CI: 0.97-8.7

p = 0.06

  1. Odds ratios (OR) were for false negative results and indeterminate results in univariate analysis in 34 Danish and 172 Tanzanian patients.
  2. Possible predictors for a false negative and indeterminate QFT result respectively were identified by univariate analysis in 34 Danish and 172 Tanzanian patients with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (Table 3).
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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