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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 174 study patients

From: Additional role of second washing specimen obtained during single bronchoscopy session in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

 

No. of patients (%) or median (IQR)

Age, years

53 (34 – 68)

Gender, female

84 (48)

Comorbidity

76 (44)

  Malignancy

31 (18)

  Cardiovascular disease

29 (17)

  DM

25 (14)

  Chronic hepatitis

3 (2)

  Respiratory disease

4 (2)

  Rheumatic disease

3 (2)

  Transplantation

2 (1)

  Others*

6 (3)

Smoking

 

  Ex-smoker

26 (15)

  Current smoker

41 (24)

Previous history of TB treatment

32 (18)

Symptoms

75 (43)

  Cough

43 (25)

  Sputum

23 (13)

  Fever

15 (9)

  Hemoptysis

11 (6)

  Chest pain

9 (5)

  Dyspnea

7 (4)

  Sweating

2 (1)

Chest radiology

 

  Small nodules

95 (55)

  Consolidation

45 (26)

  Atelectasis

19 (11)

  Cavitation

18 (10)

  Mass

14 (8)

  Effusion

9(5)

  Fibrotic scar

8 (5)

  Normal

3 (2)

Location of bronchial washing

 

  Right upper lobe

71 (41)

  Right middle lobe

19 (11)

  Right lower lobe

25 (14)

  Left upper lobe

49 (28)

  Left lower lobe

10 (6)

  1. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile ranges; DM, diabetes mellitus; TB, tuberculosis.
  2. * Hyperthyroidism (n = 2), hypothyroidism (n = 1), paraplegia due to spinal cord injury (n = 1), Klippel-Feli syndrome (n = 1), osteoporosis (n = 1).
  3. Categorical variables were denoted by No. of patients (%).
  4. Continuous variable was denoted by median (IQR).