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Table 4 Odds of pulmonary TB by SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G levelsa

From: SARS-CoV-2 infection and pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents: a case-control study

Viral-specific IgG level

Number of serum samples

Adjusted ORb (95% CI)

p-value for trendc

SARS-CoV-2

   

Low (55.90–209.49 AU/ml)

25

1.0 (Reference)

0.01

Medium (209.50–767.39 AU/ml)

25

2.48 (0.63–9.71)

 

High (767.40–19529.90 AU/ml)

26

4.00 (1.13–14.21)

 
  1. Abbreviations: AU, Arbitrary Units; CI, Confidence Interval; IgG, Immunoglobulin G; OR, Odds Ratio; SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory – Coronavirus – 2
  2. aMedium and high tertiles are compared with the lowest tertile of IgG level in an unconditional logistic regression model
  3. bAdjusted for age group only in SARS-CoV-2 model
  4. cP value from a likelihood ratio test for trend
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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