Table 2 Frequency and Adjusted Odds ratios (OR) and 95% Confidence Interval (95%CI) for Covariates associated with QFT-IT Results.
QFT-IT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | negative N (%) | positive N (%) | Odds Ratio | 95% CI |
Gender** | ||||
female | 182 (92.9%) | 14 (7.1) | 1 | |
male | 64 (92.8) | 5 (7.2) | 1.3 | 0.4–4.2 |
Age* | ||||
>30 years | 111 (96.5) | 4 (3.5) | 1 | |
30–40 years | 39 (95.1) | 2 (4.9) | 1.2 | 0.2–7.0 |
40–50 years | 64 (94.1) | 4 (5.9) | 1.5 | 0.4–6.5 |
50–67 years | 32 (78.0) | 9 (22.0) | 7.7 | 2.1–28.2 |
Country of birth** | ||||
Germany | 198 (92.5) | 16 (7.5) | 1 | |
foreign born | 48 (94.1) | 3 (5.9) | 0.9 | 0,2–3,3 |
Job Category* | ||||
other professions | 147 (95.5) | 7 (4.5) | 1 | |
physician/nurse | 99 (89.2) | 12 (10.8) | 3.2* | 1.1–9.0 |
BCG vaccination** | ||||
no | 114 (91.2) | 11 (8.8) | 1 | |
yes | 132 (94.3) | 8 (5.7) | 0.5 | 0.2–1.3 |
TST history* | ||||
negative TST in history | 146 (96.7) | 5 (3.3) | 1 | |
no TST in medical history | 29 (87.9) | 4 (12.1) | 4.4 | 1.01–18.9 |
positive TST in history | 71 (87.7) | 10 (12.3) | 3.0 | 0.95–9.6 |
Workplace** | ||||
other | 124 (90.5) | 13 (9.5) | 1 | |
admission ward | 16 (88.9) | 2 (11.1) | 1,4 | 0.3–79.2 |
infection ward/pulmology | 106 (96.4) | 4 (3.6) | 0,4 | 0.1–1.3 |