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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of enrolled individuals

From: Cytometric detection of antigen-specific IFN-γ/IL-2 secreting cells in the diagnosis of tuberculosis

 

Active TB

N. 20

LTBI subjects

N. 11

Healthy subjects

N. 12

Total

N. 43

Female (%)

10 (50)

4 (36.4)

7 (58.3)

21 (48.8)

Age, median (years)

35.7

42.0

45.1

40.9

Ethnicity:

    

West Europe (%)

10 (50)

9 (81.8)

12 (100)

31 (72)

East Europe (%)

4 (20)

-

-

4 (9.3)

South America (%)

1 (5)

1 (9)

-

2 (4.6)

Africa (%)

3 (15)

-

-

3 (6.9)

Asia (%)

2 (10)

1 (9)

-

3 (6.9)

BCG vaccinated (%)

7 (35)

0 (0)

1 (8.3)

8 (18.6)

TST positive (%)

12 (60)

11 (100)

1 (8.3)

24 (55.8)

TB localization:

    

Pulmonary (%)

17 (85)

-

-

17 (39.5)

Extra-pulmonary (%)

3 (15)

-

-

3 (6.9)

Positive by QuantiFERON-TB Gold in tube (%)

15 (75)

11 (100)

0 (0)

26 (60.5)

  1. LTBI: Latent TB infection