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Table 5 Median Setting and Relationship scores (with interquartile range-IQR) from the sub-set of 940 enrolled contacts with demographic variables collected. Overall and stratified by gender and age of cases and contacts

From: Defining adequate contact for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an African urban environment

Variable

N (%)

Setting Score Median (IQR)

Relationship Score Median (IQR)

Overall

940 (100)

10.2 (7.0,13.6)

7.7 (6.4,10.1)

Stratified by Gender Index

Contact with Male Index

661

9.3 (6.8,12.9)

7.8 (6.2,10.1)

  00–14 years

137

12.8 (9.1,15.0)

7.2 (6.0,8.4)

  15 years and greater

524

8.3 (6.6,12.1)

8.1 (6.2,10.4)

Contact with Female Index

279

11.5 (7.7, 15.2)

7.7 (6.6,9.7)

  00–14 years

108

14.0 (9.9,16.3)

7.3 (6.6,8.0)

  15 years and greater

171

10.8 (7.0,13.9)

8.2 (6.6,10.9)

Stratified by Age Index

Contact with index 15–24 years

296

11.3 (7.4,14.8)

7.9 (6.5,10.5)

  00–14 years

95

14.2 (9.1,16.0)

7.4 (6.5,8.0)

  15 years and greater

201

10.7 (6.9,13.6)

9.0 (6.5,11.2)

Contact with index 25–44 years

521

9.3 (6.7,13.1)

7.7 (6.3,10.0)

  00–14 years

119

13.5 (9.4,15.6)

7.3 (6.0,8.6)

  15 years and greater

402

8.3 (6.6,12.0)

7.9 (6.4,10.4)

Contact with index 45 years and greater

123

10.2 (7.0,12.8)

7.6 (6.1,9.6)

  00–14 years

31

12.2 (6.9,14.0)

7.2 (6.1,7.8)

  15 years and greater

92

10.0 (7.0,12.0)

7.7 (6.1,10.3)

Stratified by Sex assortment

 Female index with female contact

155

11.4 (7.2,15.1)

7.8 (6.8,10.3)

 Female index with male contact

124

11.8 (8.2,15.4)

7.4 (6.4,9.1)

 Male index with female contact

323

9.9 (6.9,13.3)

7.8 (6.0,10.7)

 Male index with male contact

338

9.0 (6.7,12.5)

7.8 (6.5,9.7)