Research Article
Helminth Infection Increases the Probability of Indeterminate QuantiFERON Gold in Tube Results in Pregnant Women
Table 1
Association of indeterminate QFT-GIT results with clinical data of study participants (
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| | Characteristic | Freq. (%) | OR (95% CLI) |
| | Number of pregnancies | | | | First | 40 (47.5) | Reference | | Second | 25 (29.4) | 0.23 (−0.03–3.09) | | 3rd and above | 20 (23.5) | 0.11 (−0.65–7.01) | | BCG vaccination | | | | Yes | 13 (15.3) | Reference | | No | 72 (84.7) | 0.09 (−0.2–14.03) | | BCG scar | | | | Yes | 3 (23.1) | Reference | | No | 10 (76.9) | 0.11 (−0.75–18) | | TB history | | | | Yes | 1 (1.18) | Reference | | No | 84 (98.82) | 0.82 (−0.79–17) | | TB contact** | | | | Yes | 5 (5.88) | Reference | | No | 80 (84.12) | 2.03 (0.31–13.51) |
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TB contact history** = contact in 5–10 years.
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