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Table 6 Prevalence rate of TB infection in homeless people stratified by the status of BCG vaccination

From: Active pulmonary tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among homeless people in Seoul, South Korea: a cross-sectional study

  

Positive rate

95%Low

95%High

P-value

Positive QFT-GIT

0.118

  BCG scar negative

73/88

83.0%

75.1

90.8

  BCG scar positive

137/190

72.1%

65.7

78.5

  BCG scar unknown*

14/17

82.4%

64.2

100.5

  Total

224/295

75.9%

71.1

80.8

Positive TST

0.156

  BCG scar negative

62/83

74.7%

65.3

84.1

  BCG scar positive

144/175

82.3%

76.6

87.9

  Total

206/258

79.8%

74.9

84.7

  1. *Missing or refused to be evaluated.