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Table 2 TST diameter by IGRA results

From: Screening for tuberculosis and prediction of disease in Portuguese healthcare workers

 

IGRA

  

TST

Negative

Positive

Total

 

N

Row%

N

Row%

N

Col%

0-4 mm

596

88.8

75

11.2

671

23.3

5-9 mm

83

74.8

28

25.2

111

3.8

10-14 mm

623

73.3

227

26.7

850

29.5

15-19 mm

468

53.7

404

46.3

872

30.2

≥ 20 mm

161

42.4

219

57.6

380

13.2

All

1,931

67.0

953

33.0

2,884

100.0

  1. TST = Tuberculin skin test
  2. IGRA = Interferon-γ release assay
  3. Row% = % within the TST category
  4. Col% - Column% = % of total falling into a certain TST category
  5. P-value for linear trend < 0.001