Characteristics | Brucellosis patients (n = 235) | Non-brucellosis controls(n = 248) | P |
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Mean age (mean ± SD), years | 50.97 ± 17.98 | 51.95 ± 17.54 | 0.598 |
Male | 131 (55.74%) | 138 (55.65%) | 0.982 |
Fever | 218 (92.77%) | 209 (84.27%) | 0.004 |
Joint pain | 162 (68.94%) | 130 (52.42%) | < 0.001 |
Hepatosplenomegaly | 124 (52.77%) | 143 (57.66%) | 0.279 |
WBC (mean ± SD), × 109/L | 5.66 ± 0.90 | 6.73 ± 3.08 | 0.007 |
CRP (M, IQR), mg/L | 19 (4.51, 33) | 24 (14, 48) | < 0.001 |
PCT (M, IQR), ng/L | 0.25 (0.16, 0.34) | 0.46 (0.23, 1.02) | < 0.001 |