Agreement between QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube and the tuberculin skin test and predictors of positive test results in Warao Amerindian pediatric tuberculosis contacts

Table 3 Factors predicting tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON ^® -TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) positivity in Warao Amerindian childhood contacts

Characteristics	QFT-GIT positive vs. QFT-GIT negative	TST positive vs. TST negative
Characteristics	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age, years	0.99 (0.84-1.2)	1.4 (1.2-1.7)
Sex, male vs. female	0.6 (0.13-3.2)	3.7 (1.5-9.4)
Malnourished	4.6 (0.93-22.2)	0.92 (0.50-1.7)
BCG vaccination	0.51 (0.14-1.9)	0.68 (0.32-1.5)
Duration of exposure, ≥12 vs. <12 h/day	1.4 (0.35-5.65)	0.81 (0.34-1.9)

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