Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Table 1 QFT results by demographic and occupational factors

From: The effect of introducing IGRA to screen French healthcare workers for tuberculosis and potential conclusions for the work organisation

	QFT negative		QFT positive		All
	N	%	n	%	N	%	p-value
Female	386	77.4	113	22.6	499	78.7
Male	107	79.3	28	20.7	135	21.3	0.637
Age (years)
< 30	110	73.8	39	26.2	149	23.5
30 – < 40	153	79.7	39	20.3	192	30.3
40 – < 50	129	85.4	22	14.6	151	23.8
50+	101	71.1	41	28.9	142	22.4	0.015
Status
Temporary	59	67.0	29	33.0	88	13.9
Student	45	86.5	7	13.5	52	8.2
Staff	389	78.7	105	21.3	494	77.9	0.015
Profession
Nurses	169	77.9	48	22.1	217	34.2
Physicians	52	88.1	7	11.9	59	9.3
Others	272	76.0	86	24.0	358	56.5	0.115
Department
Pneumology	67	82.7	14	17.3	81	12.8
Infectiology	10	71.4	4	28.6	14	2.2
Emergency	105	77.8	30	22.2	135	21.3
All others	311	77.0	93	23.0	404	63.7	0.656
TST
< 10 mm	92	86.0	15	14.0	107	16.9
10- < 15 mm	61	81.3	14	18.7	75	11.8
+15 mm	202	71.1	82	28.9	284	44.8
Unknown	138	82.1	30	17.9	168	26.5	0.003
TST increase
No increase	44	67.7	21	32.3	65	10.3
6- < 10 mm	17	65.4	9	34.6	26	4.1
+10 mm	34	79.1	9	20.9	43	6.8
Not tested	398	79.6	102	20.4	500	78.9	0.068
Total	493	77.8	141	22.2	634	100.0

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