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Table 2 Evaluating the effects of selected individual-level associated factors on the level of IFN-γ

From: Latent tuberculosis infection and associated risk indicators in pastoral communities in southern Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Crude mean difference (95%CI)

Adjusted mean difference (95%CI)

P-Value

Gender

0.408 (−0.325-1.140)

0.300 (−0.460-1.061)

0.438

Age

0.010 (−0.018-0.038)

0.010 (−0.019-0.040)

0.490

BMI

−0.259 (− 0.972-0.454)

−0.196 (− 0.926-0.534)

0.598

Health status

0.516 (−0.321-1.353)

0.517 (− 0.358-1.393)

0.246

Current antibiotic use

0.765 (−1.188-2.714)

0.865 (−1.176-2.907)

0.405

BCG

0.429 (−0.559-1.418)

0.275 (−0.758-1.309)

0.601

  1. Reference categories were male for gender, sick for health status, current antibiotic users for current antibiotic use and vaccinated for BCG vacination status
  2. Note BMI Body Mass Index, BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin