Research Article

Evaluating an Education Program to Reduce Indeterminate QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube Results

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with indeterminate QFT-G results before education program was implemented.

N=175

Patients Characteristicsn

 Gender
  Female8649.1%
  Male8950.9%
 Immunocompromised
  Yes6537.1%
  No11062.9%
 Age, median (IQR)55(42, 66)

Indeterminate CharacteristicsImmunocompetentImmunocompromisedP value
 Nil value, median (IQR)0.03 (0.02, 0.05)0.04 (0.02, 0.08)0.229
 Mitogen value, median (IQR)0.15 (0.07, 0.31)0.14 (0.06, 0.29)0.424