Characteristics
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Inpatients
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Outpatients
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Total (n = 284 )
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* Non- TB (n = 196)
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TB (n = 88)
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TB (n = 93)
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Age, yr
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63 ± 16.5
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65 ± 14.5
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59 ± 19.8
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52 ± 19.5
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Male
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206 (72.5)
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150 (76.5)
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56 (63.6)
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50 (53.8)
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Body mass index
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21.4 ± 3.50
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21.7 ± 3.42
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20.8 ± 3.61
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21.7 ± 3.08
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Prior TB history
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57 (20.1)
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39 (19.9)
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18 (20.5)
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16 (17.2)
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Underlying conditions
| | | | |
Renal failure
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11 (3.9)
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9 (4.6)
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2 (2.3)
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0 (0)
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Malignancy†
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4 (1.4)
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2 (1.0)
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2 (2.3)
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3 (3.2)
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Immunosuppressive therapy‡
|
11 (3.9)
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7 (3.6)
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4 (4.5)
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0 (0)
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- Data are shown as mean ± SD or No. (%). TB, tuberculosis.
- * Patients with pneumonia (n = 178), organizing pneumonia (n = 7), nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (n = 5), aspergillosis (n = 4), and lung cancer (n = 2).
- † Patients with a diagnosis of cancer who were not receiving anti-cancer treatment, including lung cancer (n = 2), hypopharyngeal cancer (n = 1), and gastric cancer (n = 1) for inpatients; hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 1), glottic cancer (n = 1), and gastric cancer (n = 1) for outpatients.
- ‡ Patients receiving cancer chemotherapy (n = 9 ) or systemic steroids (>10 mg/day of prednisone for ≥ 1 month) (n = 2).