Analysis of combination of the tests evaluated over 53 active pulmonary TB patients and 82 HCA being concomitantly tested and stratified by HIV status.

Footnotes: HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; TB: tuberculosis; TST: Tuberculin skin test; HCA: healthy community adults; QFT-GIT: QuantiFERON® Gold in Tube (indeterminate results included as negative results); SM: smear microscopy.
*X square test was used for statistical analysis.

脚注：人类免疫缺陷病毒 (human immunodeficiency virus, HIV)、结核病 (tuberculosis, TB)、结核菌素皮肤试验 (Tuberculin skin test, TST)、健康社区成人 (healthy community adults, HCA)、全血γ-干扰素释放试验 (QuantiFERON® Gold in Tube, QFT-GIT)：将不确定结果视为阴性结果；痰涂片镜检 (smear microscopy, SM)。
* 统计分析采用卡方检验。