Table 1– Demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects enrolled in the study
TotalControlsRemote LTBIRecent infectionActive TBCured TB
Subjects n1491516235045
Age yrs38.1±1.234.2±3.150.5±3.738.3±3.434.8±1.838.5±2.3
Female sex69 (46.3)10 (66.7)4 (25.0)12 (52.2)21 (42.2)22 (48.9)
BCG vaccinated95 (63.8)6 (40.0)3 (18.3)14 (60.9)41 (82.0)31 (68.9)
Origin
Western Europe59 (39.6)12 (80.0)13 (81.3)9 (39.1)9 (18.0)16 (35.6)
Eastern Europe56 (37.6)2 (13.3)2 (12.5)9 (39.1)24 (48.0)19 (42.2)
Asia18 (12.1)1 (6.3)3 (13.0)10 (20.0)4 (8.9)
Africa10 (6.7)2 (8.7)4 (8.0)4 (8.9)
Latin America6 (4.0)1 (6.7)3 (6.0)2 (4.4)
Confirmed TB localisation
Pulmonary41 (27.5)41 (82.0)
Extrapulmonary5 (3.3)5 (10.0)
Pulmonary and extrapulmonary4 (2.6)4 (8.0)
TST mmND1±2.628.6±8.917.1±11.1NDND
  • Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. LTBI: latent tuberculosis (TB) infection; BCG: bacille Calmette–Guérin; TST: tuberculin skin test; ND: not done.