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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants included in the final analysis

From: Serial interferon-gamma release assays during treatment of active tuberculosis in young adults

Characteristics

Values (n = 59)

Median age: years (range)

21 (20-48)

Male: n (%)

59 (100)

BCG scar present: n (%)

44 (74.6)

Current smoker

26 (44.1)

Diagnosis

 

   Pulmonary TB (%)

46 (78.0)

Smear positive

13 (28.9)*

Culture positive

33 (71.7)*

   TB pleuritis

11 (18.6)

   TB lymphadenitis

   1 (1.7)

   TB abscess

   1 (1.7)

  1. * The percentages were calculated using participants with pulmonary TB as the denominator.