Disease Markers

Research Article

ESAT-6 and Ag85A Synthetic Peptides as Candidates for an Immunodiagnostic Test in Children with a Clinical Suspicion of Tuberculosis

Table 2

The children’s demographic characteristics. Child patients having pulmonary TB: Warao children (WPCh) and Creole children (CPCh). Healthy control children with no suspicion of tuberculosis: Warao indigenous (WCCh) and Creole children (CCCh).


Characteristic	Patients		Controls
Characteristic	WPCh	CPCh	WCCh	CCCh

Age
Female (%)	41.0	46.1	60.5^(a)	39.0^(b)
Male (%)	58.9	53.8	39.4^(c)	60.9^(d)
TST+ (%)	74.0^(e)	45.5^(f)	20.1^(g)	ND
Smear + (%)	3.7	0	0	0
Culture+ (%)	7.4	0	0	0
Chest X-ray (%)	59.3^(h)	100.0⁽ⁱ⁾	0	0

There was a statistically significant difference between females and males (a) and (b) () and (c) and (d) (). There was a statistically significant difference between (e) and (f) and (g) () concerning TST+ status and a statistically significant difference between (h) and (i) () regarding findings related to radiographic characteristics concerning lesions suggestive of active TB. ND: test was not performed.