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Table 1 Characteristics of enrolled TB patients and healthy volunteers

From: Induration or erythema diameter not less than 5 mm as results of recombinant fusion protein ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for detecting M. tuberculosis infection

 

TB patients

(N = 743)

Healthy volunteers

(N = 1514)

Age (y)

38.77 ± 14.11

45.43 ± 9.57

Height (cm)

167.93 ± 7.65

161.42 ± 7.19

Weight (kg)

57.48 ± 10.49

64.14 ± 10.63

Male, n (%)

513 (69.04)

398 (26.29)

Residence, town n (%)

487 (65.55)

Occupations

743

 Staff, n (%)

249 (33.51)

 Student, n (%)

52 (7.00)

 Farmer, n (%)

94 (12.65)

 Others, n (%)

348 (46.84)

Han nationality, n (%)

718 (96.64)

1507 (99.54)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

117.59 ± 13.61

130.82 ± 16.88

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

74.44 ± 9.38

79.48 ± 10.05

Heart rate (times/min)

83.75 ± 11.80

Breathe (times/min)

19.13 ± 1.73

Temperature (°C)

36.64 ± 0.48

35.98 ± 0.41

BCG vaccination, n (%)

315 (20.81)

Disease history within past 6 months, n (%)

213(28.67)

328 (21.66)

Combined medication history, n (%)

604(81.29)

272 (17.97)

Allergic history, n (%)

47(6.33)

Non-TB infectious history, n (%)

18(2.42)

Other disease history, n (%)

25(3.36)

History and family history of TB, n (%)

118(15.88)

Types of tuberculosis

743

 Bacteriologically positive tuberculosis, n (%)

394 (53.03)

 Bacteriologically negative tuberculosis, n (%)

282 (37.95)

 Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, n (%)

67 (9.02)