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Table 3 Tuberculosis incidence according to donor/recipient QuantiFERON status

From: Poor predictability of QuantiFERON-TB assay in recipients and donors for tuberculosis development after kidney transplantation in an intermediate-TB-burden country

Variables

TB incidence rates

No. of patients

No. of TB cases

No. of person-years

TB rate per 100,000 person-years

95% CI

Total patients

446

3

1238.7

242.2

49.9, 708.8

 Positive QFT

95

1

277.6

360.2

9.1, 2007.1

 Negative or indeterminate QFT

351

2

961.1

208.1

25.2, 751.7

Living donor-recipient pairs

234

2

551.8

362.5

43.9, 1309.3

 Recipient QFT (+)/Donor QFT (+)

16

0

51.6

0

0, 7149.9

 Recipient QFT (+)/Donor QFT (−)

20

1

48.2

2074.7

52.5, 11559.4

 Recipient QFT (−)/Donor QFT (+)

57

1

134.9

741.3

18.8, 4130.2

 Recipient QFT (−)/Donor QFT (−)

141

0

317.1

0

0, 1163.3

  1. CI confidence interval, No number, QFT QuantiFERON test, TB tuberculosis