Selection of minimal model to explain variability in the percentages of CD27lowIFN-γ+ cells between TB patients.

1Best minimal models are those that differ insignificantly from the full model (highlighted in bold).2Analysis was initially performed in 50 patients. Subsequently, 12 patients from validation cohort were added (n = 62), mainly to check the consistency of the results. In both cohorts, lung destruction and clinical disease severity predicted best the accumulation of CD27lowIFN-γ+ cells.3In Akaike Information Criterion, this combination was the best minimal model to predict the accumulation of CD27lowIFN-γ+ cells in the blood ( Δn = 50 = 4.7; Δn = 62 = 4.8).