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1Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Akanlu, Kabudar-Ahang, Hamadan, Iran
3Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
6Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
7Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
8Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Variable |
QFT |
p-value |
TST |
p-value | p-value1 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence | 95% CI | Prevalence | 95% CI | ||||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 0.17 | 0.11, 0.23 | 0.92 | 0.20 | 0.13, 0.26 | <0.05 | 0.46 |
Female | 0.18 | 0.10, 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.04, 0.16 | 0.22 | ||
Age (yr) | |||||||
20-29 | 0.10 | 0.03, 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.00, 0.13 | <0.05 | 0.16 |
30-39 | 0.17 | 0.10, 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.10, 0.25 | 0.86 | ||
40-49 | 0.23 | 0.14, 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.13, 0.33 | 0.85 | ||
≥50 | 0.05 | 0.00, 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.08, 0.47 | 0.07 | ||
Education level | |||||||
No high school diploma | 0.21 | 0.06, 0.36 | 0.68 | 0.28 | 0.11, 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.54 |
High school diploma | 0.09 | 0.00, 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.02, 0.21 | 0.50 | ||
Associate degree | 0.18 | 0.09, 0.27 | 0.16 | 0.07, 0.25 | 0.82 | ||
BS | 0.18 | 0.10, 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.06, 0.20 | 0.54 | ||
Master of science and above | 0.27 | 0.03, 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.01, 0.41 | 0.67 | ||
Job group | |||||||
TB lab staff | 0.19 | 0.12, 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.14 | 0.09, 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
Non-TB staff | 0.12 | 0.05, 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.11, 0.31 | 0.39 | ||
Job | |||||||
Lab position requiring a BS | 0.19 | 0.10, 0.27 | 0.78 | 0.14 | 0.07, 0.22 | 0.58 | 0.54 |
Technician | 0.17 | 0.07, 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.07, 0.26 | 0.81 | ||
Service personnel in lab | 0.22 | 0.07, 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.01, 0.20 | 0.17 | ||
Administrative staff | 0.14 | 0.04, 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.07, 0.31 | 0.56 | ||
Finance staff | - | - | 0.10 | 0.09, 0.30 | 0.31 | ||
Service personnel | 0.20 | 0.01, 0.41 | 0.33 | 0.09, 0.58 | 0.41 | ||
History of work (yr) | |||||||
0-4 | 0.16 | 0.07, 0.24 | 0.42 | 0.11 | 0.03, 0.18 | 0.46 | 0.34 |
5-9 | 0.15 | 0.05, 0.24 | 0.13 | 0.04, 0.22 | 0.78 | ||
10-14 | 0.19 | 0.07, 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.09, 0.33 | 0.62 | ||
15-19 | 0.16 | 0.04, 0.28 | 0.18 | 0.06, 0.31 | 0.56 | ||
≥20 | 0.23 | 0.08, 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.08, 0.39 | 1.00 | ||
BCG vaccination | |||||||
No | 0.26 | 0.11, 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.01, 0.22 | 0.42 | 0.12 |
Yes | 0.16 | 0.11, 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.12, 0.22 | 0.79 | ||
Total | 0.17 | 0.12, 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.11, 0.21 | 0.90 |