Table 1 Main characteristics of studies included in the meta-analysis.
Author | Year | Country | World bank income classification | TB incidence rate per population | Participants (N) | index test (IP-10) condition | Reference standard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATB | LTBI | |||||||
Nonghanphithak D | 2017 | Thailand | UMIC | 172 per 100,000 | 48 | 38 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Nonghanphithak D | 2017 | Thailand | UMIC | 172 per 100,000 | 48 | 38 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Yao XY | 2017 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 20 | 10 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, T-SPOT.TB and QFT-GIT test |
Yao XY | 2017 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 20 | 15 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, T-SPOT.TB and QFT-GIT test |
Wu J | 2016 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 25 | 36 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and T-SPOT.TB test |
Wu J | 2016 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 25 | 36 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and T-SPOT.TB test |
Li XF | 2016 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 72 | 57 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological and T-SPOT.TB test |
Jeong YH | 2015 | Republic of Korea | HIC | 77 per 100,000 | 33 | 20 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Wergeland I | 2015 | Norway | HIC | 6.1 per 100,000 | 6 | 23 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Wergeland I | 2015 | Norway | HIC | 6.1 per 100,000 | 59 | 11 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Tebruegge M | 2015 | Australia | HIC | 6.1 per 100,000 | 6 | 16 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Won EJ | 2015 | Republic of Korea | HIC | 77 per 100,000 | 36 | 15 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Yang QT | 2014 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 20 | 17 | TB Ag | culture, clinical, radiological and IFN-γ ELISPOT test |
Chegou NN | 2013 | South Africa | UMIC | 781 per 100,000 | 15 | 26 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
Wang S | 2012 | China | UMIC | 64 per 100,000 | 28 | 34 | Unstimulated | culture, clinical, radiological, TST and QFT-GIT test |
