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From: Predicting the risk of active pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV: development and validation of a nomogram

Fig. 2

Tuberculosis nomogram and risk calculator among people with HIV/AIDS. A Tuberculosis nomogram for people with HIV/AIDS. B Tuberculosis risk calculator for people with HIV/AIDS. To use the nomogram in A, an individual PLHIV category located on each predictor axis, which corresponding to the Points axis overhead, a vertical line could be drawn to determine the score of each variable. The summation score of 5 variables located on the Total Points axis, a vertical line could be drawn downward to the Risk of TB axis to determine the likelihood of the bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis in PLHIV. The risk calculation was followed the steps in B. First, define and choose the nomogram scores corresponding to the PLHIV individual category, then sum up all five assigned scores, and got the total points of PLHIV individual. Second, find the risk of bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis in PLHIV in the right-hand side table corresponding the total points. PLHIV people with HIV/AID; TB, tuberculosis

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