Table 1 The proportion of people living with HIV who tested TST-positive using a ≥5 mm and ≥10 mm cutoff size and the difference between these two proportions
Study | Number of patients (n) | Number of patients TST-positive using ≥5 mm cut-off (%) | Number of patients TST-positive using ≥10 mm cut-off (%) | Difference in proportion of patients testing TST-positive (%) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Africa | |||||
Allen et al. [9] | 284 | 73 (25.7) | 60 (21.1) | 4.6 | 0.1977 |
Aisu et al. [10] | 1094 | 579 (52.9) | 376 (34.4) | 18.6 | <0.0001 |
Duncan et al. [11] | 106 | 35 (33.0) | 32 (30.2) | 2.8 | 0.6576 |
Fordham von Reyn et al. [12] | 104 | 21 (20.2) | 20 (19.2) | 1.0 | 0.8616 |
Diagbouga et al. [13] | 37 | 9 (24.3) | 6 (16.2) | 1.7 | 0.3857 |
Waddell et al. [14] | 58 | 16 (27.6) | 15 (25.9) | 8.1 | 0.8338 |
Mtei et al. [15] | 460 | 192 (41.7) | 175 (38.0) | 3.7 | 0.2524 |
Tegbaru et al. [16] | 116 | 47 (40.5) | 38 (32.8) | 7.8 | 0.2201 |
Rangaka et al. [17] | 67 | 35 (52.2) | 33 (49.3) | 3.0 | 0.7297 |
Karam et al. [18] | 273 | 59 (21.6) | 46 (16.8) | 4.8 | 0.1581 |
Hanifa et al. [19] | 33 | 18 (54.5) | 14 (42.4) | 12.1 | 0.3245 |
Leidl et al. [20] | 89 | 42 (47.2) | 35 (39.3) | 7.9 | 0.2896 |
Oni et al. [21] | 240 | 138 (57.5) | 125 (52.1) | 5.4 | 0.2332 |
Samandari et al. [22] | 1919 | 468 (24.4) | 383 (20.0) | 4.4 | 0.0010 |
The Americas | |||||
Espinal et al. [23] | 86 | 50 (58.1) | 40 (46.5) | 11.6 | 0.1269 |
Fordham von Reyn et al. [12] | 121 | 3 (2.5) | 2 (1.7) | 0.8 | 0.6513 |
Garcia-Garcia et al. [24] | 801 | 261 (32.6) | 174 (21.7) | 10.9 | <0.0001 |
Miranda et al. [25] | 98 | 16 (16.3) | 12 (12.2) | 4.6 | 0.4142 |
Balcells et al. [26] | 109 | 12 (11.0) | 7 (6.4) | 4.1 | 0.2299 |
Gutierrez et al. [27] | 104 | 20 (19.2) | 13 (12.5) | 6.7 | 0.184 |
Baboolal et al. [28] | 64 | 6 (9.4) | 0 | 9.4 | 0.0121 |
Moura et al. [29] | 864 | 170 (19.7) | 152 (17.6) | 2.1 | 0.2661 |
Asia | |||||
Suwanagool et al. [30] | 399 | 323 (81.0) | 173 (43.4) | 37.6 | <0.0001 |
Yanai et al. [31] | 217 | 46 (21.2) | 32 (14.7) | 6.5 | 0.0801 |
Yanai et al. [31] | 129 | 21 (16.3) | 15 (11.6) | 4.7 | 0.281 |
Sawhney et al. [32] | 396 | 103 (26.0) | 62 (15.7) | 10.4 | 0.0003 |
Gupta et al. [33] | 752 | 157 (20.9) | 137 (18.2) | 2.7 | 0.1935 |
Swaminathan et al. [34] | 631 | 269 (42.6) | 227 (36.0) | 6.7 | 0.0155 |
Davarpanah et al. [35] | 173 | 64 (37.0) | 23 (13.3) | 23.7 | <0.0001 |
Davarpanah et al. [36] | 459 | 131 (28.5) | 60 (13.1) | 15.5 | <0.0001 |
Jiang et al. [37] | 46 | 27 (58.7) | 17 (37.0) | 21.7 | 0.0369 |
Zhang et al. [38] | 93 | 3 (3.2) | 3 (3.2) | 0 | 1 |
Kabeer et al. [39] | 180 | 33 (18.3) | 27 (15.0) | 3.3 | 0.3961 |
Nguyen et al. [40] | 369 | 204 (55.3) | 175 (47.4) | 8.1 | 0.0274 |