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Table 2 Risk factors for TBI by percentage and univariate regression

From: Diagnosis and management of tuberculosis infection in inclusion health populations in London

Characteristic

IGRA Positivity

42/312 (13.5%)

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

p-value (chi sq.)

Age

18–30

1/33 (3.0)

1.00

 

31–40

6/67 (9.0)

2.81 (0.44–75.03)

0.27

41–50

18/96 (18.8)

6.48 (1.25–160.04)

0.03

51–65

17/116 (14.7)

4.83 (0.93–119.54)

0.07

Gender

Male

35/251 (13.9)

1.00

 

Female

7/61 (11.5)

0.81 (0.31–1.84)

0.61

Region of Birth

Born in UK

17/175 (9.7)

1.00

 

Born in non-TB endemic country (exc. UK)

15/105 (14.3)

1.55 (0.73–3.27)

0.24

Born in TB endemic country

10/32 (31.2)

4.20 (1.65–10.34)

< 0.001

Previous incarceration*

No

14/173 (8.1)

1.00

 

Yes

26/110 (23.6)

3.48 (1.74–7.23)

< 0.001

  1. *Missing incarceration data for 29 individuals