Table 2 Current screening, ideal electronic health record-based California Department of Public Health screening, and predictors for new prediction model for tuberculosis disease by tuberculosis disease status for Kaiser Permanente Northern California population, N = 4,051,873

From: Development and validation of prediction algorithm to identify tuberculosis in two large California health systems

Characteristic

No TB disease, N = 4,051,002a

TB disease, N = 871a

Screened in year before index

237,290 (5.9%)

29 (3.3%)

Screened during study period

762,060 (19%)

121 (14%)

Ideal EHR-based CDPH screening

1,218,076 (30%)

712 (82%)

Sex

 Female

2,092,561 (52%)

363 (42%)

 Male

1,958,441 (48%)

508 (58%)

Age (years)

 18–<35 years

1,509,842 (37%)

181 (21%)

 35–<50 years

1,106,953 (27%)

180 (21%)

 50–<65 years

962,535 (24%)

275 (32%)

 65–<75 years

282,738 (7.0%)

147 (17%)

 75+ years

188,934 (4.7%)

88 (10%)

Body mass index category

 Less than 18.5: underweight

46,109 (1.1%)

37 (4.2%)

 18.5–<25: healthy weight

1,084,953 (27%)

382 (44%)

 25–<30: overweight

1,130,508 (28%)

232 (27%)

 30–<35: moderately obese

608,912 (15%)

62 (7.1%)

 35+: severely obese

419,428 (10%)

26 (3.0%)

 Missing

761,092 (19%)

132 (15%)

Born in a HTBIC (actual and imputed)

 Yes

2,862,167 (71%)

167 (19%)

 No

1,188,835 (29%)

704 (81%)

Race/Ethnicity

 White

1,923,077 (47%)

71 (8.2%)

 Asian/Pacific Islander

766,971 (19%)

620 (71%)

 Black

266,613 (6.6%)

39 (4.5%)

 Hispanic

754,447 (19%)

115 (13%)

 Other/Multiple/Unknown

339,894 (8.4%)

26 (3.0%)

 Diabetes

80,431 (2.0%)

35 (4.0%)

 Immunosuppressed

36,370 (0.9%)

27 (3.1%)

Weighted Charlson Score

 0

3,461,947 (85%)

595 (68%)

 1–3

520,899 (13%)

229 (26%)

 4+

68,156 (1.7%)

47 (5.4%)

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