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Table 5 AUCs of cytokines in each antigen tube for distinguishing ATB from LTBI

From: Multiple cytokine analysis based on QuantiFERON-TB gold plus in different tuberculosis infection status: an exploratory study

Parameter

TNF-α

IL-6

IP-10

MCP-1

IFN-γ

IL-1Ra

IL-2

CXCL-1

TB1-Nil

AUC (95%CI)

0.780

(0.605–0.955)

0.843

(0.707–0.980)

0.850

(0.704–0.996)

0.667

(0.487–0.847)

0.793

(0.641–0.946)

0.723

(0.551–0.896)

0.477

(0.282–0.671)

0.767

(0.594–0.940)

p

0.005

0.001

< 0.001

0.096

0.003

0.026

0.816

0.008

TB2-Nil

AUC (95%CI)

0.780

(0.622–0.938)

0.817

(0.679–0.955)

0.920

(0.808-1.000)

0.650

(0.463–0.837)

0.773

(0.616–0.931)

0.763

(0.599–0.927)

0.433

(0.242–0.625)

0.778

(0.611–0.945)

p

0.005

0.002

< 0.001

0.134

0.006

0.008

0.505

0.005

TB2-TB1

AUC (95%CI)

0.475

(0.278–0.672)

0.403

(0.210–0.597)

0.693

(0.520–0.867)

0.380

(0.187–0.573)

0.527

(0.328–0.726)

0.600

(0.410–0.790)

0.363

(0.177–0.549)

0.517

(0.319–0.714)

p

0.803

0.334

0.053

0.230

0.790

0.317

0.172

0.868

  1. AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval