Table 2

Characteristics of adult contacts and subgroups included for QFT based longitudinal analyses

Contacts for QFT based longitudinal analysis (N=1728)
Non-smear positive TB contact (N=1284)Smear positive TB contact (N=444)
All adult contacts (N=1769)16–35 years (N=646)≥36 years (N=638)Sig (p value)16–35 years (N=233)≥36 years (N=211)Sig (p value)
Gender
 Male (%)884 (50.0)330 (51.4)318 (50.2)0.695117 (50.2)100 (46.1)0.569
Age group (%)
 16–35 years885 (50.0)
 ≥36 years884 (50.0)
Ethnicity (%)
 South Asian1273 (72.1)501 (77.8)489 (76.8)<0.001130 (56.5)124 (59.0)0.26
 Black140 (8.0)70 (10.9)38 (6.0)20 (8.7)9 (4.3)
 White259 (14.6)37 (5.7)75 (11.8)71 (30.9)71 (33.8)
 Other90 (5.1)36 (5.6)35 (5.5)9 (3.9)6 (2.9)
Origin (%)
 Foreign born (%)518/876 (59.1)231/409 (56.5)107/125 (85.6)<0.00157/165 (34.5)100/145 (69.0)<0.001
Index case disease type (%)
 Non-smear positive1323 (74.8)
 Pulmonary smear positive446 (25.2)
 Household contact (%)910 (51.4)367 (56.8)361 (56.6)0.95579 (33.9)84 (39.8)0.202
 Partner contact (%)285 (16.1)86 (13.3)153 (24.0)<0.00118 (7.7)21 (10.0)0.502
  • QFT, QuantiFERON TB Gold-In Tube; TB, tuberculosis.