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Table 1 TB screening results for freshmen

From: Tuberculosis screening characteristics amongst freshmen in Changping District, Beijing, China

 

Freshmen

N

TST

N (%)

Chest-X-ray

N (%)

Results

TB incidence rate

LTBI N (%)

Chi-squared test

Strong positive for PPD N (%)

Chi-squared test

TPT N (%)

Chi-squared test

χ2

p

χ2

p

χ2

p

Male

11,766

11,401(96.9)

9922(84.3)

10(85/100000)

1306 (11.5)

0.852

0.356

585 (5.1)

5.072

0.024

186 (31.8)

2.384

0.123

Female

8061

7822(97.0)

6650(82.5)

8(99/100000)

930 (11.9)

460 (5.9)

126 (27.4)

Total

19,827

19,223(97.0)

16,572(83.6)

18(91/100000)

2236 (11.6)

  

1045 (5.4)

  

312 (29.9)

  
  1. TST Tuberculin skin test, TB Tuberculosis, LTBI Latent tuberculosis infection, TPT Tuberculosis preventive therapy, N Number, PPD Purified protein derivative