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Table 1 characteristics and adverse reactions of participants

From: Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test compared with tuberculin skin test in a double-blind, randomized, controlled study

 

EC

TST

P

number

7351 (50.4%)

7228 (49.6%)

 

male

49.1% (3606/7351)

47.4% (3423/7228)

0.04

age

18.1 ± 0.8

18.1 ± 0.7

0.77

BMI

20.9 ± 3.1

20.9 ± 3.2

0.99

total ADR

1565 (21.3%)

2499 (34.6%)

0.000

bleeding

414 (5.63%)

467 (6.46%)

0.036

dermatodyschroia

314 (4.27%)

440 (6.09%)

0.000

induration

287 (3.90%)

933 (12.91%)

0.000

swelling

183 (2.49%)

258 (3.57%)

0.000

pain

117(1.59%)

115(1.59%)

0.998

pruritus

109 (1.48%)

112 (1.55%)

0.742

erythema

48(0.65%)

76(1.05%)

0.009

blistering

30 (0.41%)

27 (0.37%)

0.738

fatigue

18 (0.24%)

12 (0.17%)

0.294

headache

10 (0.14%)

12 (0.17%)

0.641

rash

9 (0.12%)

14 (0.19%)

0.278

nausea

6 (0.08%)

11 (0.15%)

0.212

dyspnea

6 (0.08%)

5 (0.07%)

0.784

vomiting

5 (0.07%)

5 (0.07%)

1.000*

body ache

4 (0.05%)

3 (0.04%)

1.000 #

palpitation

3 (0.04%)

5 (0.07%)

0.504 #

ulceration

2 (0.03%)

4 (0.06%)

0.449 #

  1. *: Continuity correction; #: Fisher exact test