Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of 265 patients
From: Diagnostic performance of nucleic acid tests in tuberculous pleurisy
TBP (223 cases) | Non-TBP (42 cases) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) [range], years | 41.3 (17.6) [15–83] | 56.4 (13.9) [25–81] | < 0.001 |
Male gender, No. (%) | 138 (61.9) | 25 (59.5) | 0.713 |
BMIa, median (range) | 19.5 (15–27) | 19.3 (14–29) | 0.066 |
Fever (%) | 129 (57.9) | 22(52.4) | 0.512 |
Course of disease [range], weeks1 | 5.2 [1–52] | 2.1 [1–208] | < 0.001 |
Diabetes mellitus (%) | 22 (9.9) | 4 (9.5) | 0.946 |
History of anti-TB treatment | 19 (8.5%) | 1 (2.4%) | 0.167 |
ADA (U/liter) > 25 | 201 (90.13%) | 10 (23.8%) | < 0.001 |
LPb > 50% | 118 (52.9%) | 16 (38.1%) | 0.078 |
Without intrapulmonary lesions | 5 (2.2%) | 12 (28.6%) | < 0.001 |
T-SPOT.TB on PBMCsc | 208 (93.3%) | 5 (11.9%) | < 0.001 |