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Table 2 TB screening results from two types of schools

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

 

Freshmen

N

TST

N (%)

Chest-X-ray

N (%)

Results

Tuberculosis

LTBI (%)

Chi-squared test

Strong positive for PPD (%)

Chi-squared test

TPT (%)

Chi-squared test

χ2

p

χ2

p

χ2

p

University

15,392

14,914(96.9)

15,392(100)

11(71/100000)

1759 (11.8)

1.707

0.191

785 (5.3)

3.859

0.049

210 (39.5)

139.829

 < 0.001

High vocational college

4435

4309(97.2)

1180(26.6)

7(158/100000)

477 (11.1)

260 (6.0)

2 (0.8)

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