Variable Count Median (IQR)   p-value
Age (n=204)
18-24
25-44
>44		 46
103
55		 0.33 (0.21-0.71)
0.26 (0.19-0.45)
0.27 (0.18-0.45)		 0.27¤
Sex  (n=204)
Male
Female		 116
88		 0.28 (0.20-0.48)
0.27 (0.19-0.51)		 0.93
Ethnicity (n=204)
Afar
Amhara
Others		 91
83
30		 0.26 (0.18-0.58)
0.29 (0.21-0.45)
0.32 (0.20-0.52)		 0.48¤
Occupation (n=204)
Pastoralist
Non-pastoralist		 99
105		 0.28 (0.18-0.52)
0.28 (0.21-0.47)		 0.75
Raw milk consumption (n=204)
Yes
No		 99
105		 0.27 (0.19-0.55)
0.29 (0.20-0.46)		 0.91
Contact history (n=204)
Yes
No		 74
130		 0.27 (0.19-0.54)
0.29 (0.20-0.48)		 0.60
BCG vaccination (n=204)
Yes
No		 30
174		 0.44 (0.24-0.81)
0.26 (0.19-0.41)		 0.004
Smear result (n=89)*
Positive
Negative		 37
52		 0.32 (0.24-1.23)
0.36 (0.24-0.68)		 0.73
HIV status (n=201)
Positive
Negative		 55
146		 0.29 (0.21-0.46)
0.27 (0.19-0.51)		 0.56
*Smear result of culture positive TB patients
¤ Kruskal-Wallis
Table 3: Associations of socio-demographic, cultural and health-related factors with OD values of rESAT-6-CFP-10 in Ethiopia