Analysis of LAM and 38 kDa Antibody Levels for Diagnosis of TB in a Case-Control Study in West Africa

Table 1

Subject information.

	HIV− TB cases	HIV+ TB cases	TST+ HHC	Incident cases
n=	76	77	135	35
Age	26 [21–37]	39 [32–47]	27 [20–34]	23 [20–32]
sex (M : F)	56 : 20	45 : 32	62 : 73	16 : 19
[Ab] Recruitment	13 [6–20]	5 [0.4–16]	3 [1–9]	7 [1–12]
[Ab] 6-months	25 [13–37]	6 [0.9–23]	n/a	7 [1–20]
[Ab] 18-months	n/a	n/a	n/a	16 [10–30]

M: male; F: female; [Ab]: Antibody concentration; TST+ HHC: tuberculin skin test positive household contact; incident case: HHC progressing between 3 months to 2 years following recruitment of a TB index case. Data expressed as median [interquartile range].