Table 3.
        Factors associated with the cytokine response to crude culture filtrate proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in five year olds who received BCG immunisation at birth<comma> after adjustment for potential confounders.
Cytokine/Factor,Adjusted GMR (95% CI)a
Interferon-γ,
Child's HIV status,
 Unexposed,1
 Exposed<comma> uninfected,1.43 (0.88–2.17)
 Infected,0.16 (0.05–0.51)
BCG vaccine strain,
 Russia,1
 Bulgaria,0.46 (0.33–0.63)
 Danish,0.19 (0.10–0.36)
Height-for-age z-score<comma> age 5 years,1.21 (1.04–1.41)
Asymptomatic malaria<comma> age 5 years,
 No,1
 Yes,0.50 (0.22–0.96)
T-spot TB,
 Negative,1
 Positive,2.05 (1.08–3.41)
Childhood albendazole treatment,
 No,1
 Yes,0.73 (0.55–0.98)
Interleukin-5,
BCG vaccine strain,
 Russia,1
 Bulgaria,0.89 (0.68–1.15)
 Danish,0.59 (0.40–0.91)
Height-for-age z-score<comma> age 5 years,1.15 (1.03–1.29)
Interleukin-13,
Child's HIV status,
 Unexposed,1
 Exposed<comma> uninfected,1.58 (1.03–2.32)
 Infected,0.13 (0.06–0.55)
BCG vaccine strain,
 Russia,1
 Bulgaria,0.66 (0.50–0.89)
 Danish,0.24 (0.15–0.41)
Height-for-age z-score<comma> age 5 years,1.14 (1.01–1.27)
T-spot TB,
 Negative,1
 Positive,2.10 (1.17–3.63)
Childhood albendazole treatment,
 No,1
 Yes,0.71 (0.56–0.93)
Interleukin-10,
Maternal BCG scar,
 No,1
 Yes,1.24 (1.01–1.56)
BCG vaccine strain,
 Russia,1
 Bulgaria,1.27 (1.01–1.58)
 Danish,0.45 (0.28–0.73)
Height-for-age z-score<comma> age 5 years,1.22 (1.11–1.32)