Monocyte Signal Transduction Receptors in Active and Latent Tuberculosis : Table 4

Table 4: The production of IFN-γ in response to M.tb specific antigens.


Groups	IFN-γ (IU/mL)
Groups	Responders/group (%)	Range	Mean ± SD*	P value**

TB	38/43 (88%)	0–12.1		<0.001
NMLD	32/46 (69%)	0–13.9		0.4
Household TB contacts	24/41 (58%)	0–12.0		0.29
Work TB contacts	41/48 (85%)	0–12.7		<0.001
Controls	20/46 (43%)	0–12.0

Mean ± SD values of cytokine in whole bood cultures stimulated with M.tb antigens (TB Ag-Nil); significance value between the responses in controls and each group of participants.