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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of patients enrolled

From: A highly effective and inexpensive standardized treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicenter prospective study in China

Characteristic

Newly treated (n = 36)

Retreated (n = 78)

p value

Age (mean ± SD)

32.1 ± 12.4

35.5 ± 11.5

0.13

Male n (%)

22 (61%)

50 (64.1%)

0.34

Body mass index (BMI), kg/m2 (range)

20.8 (12–30)

19.2 (14–29)

0.54

Cavities present on Chest CT

 No cavity

18 (50%)

36 (46.2%)

0.82

 Unilateral

12 (33.3%)

35 (44.9%)

0.08

 Bilateral

5 (13.9%)

7 (9.0%)

0.14

Lesion severity

 ≥ 3 fields

22 (61.1%)

49 (62.8%)

0.55

 < 3 fields

14 (38.9%)

29 (37.2%)

0.76

Complications

 DM

5 (13.9%)

10 (12.8%)

0.35

*AEs n (%)

6 (16.67)

24 (30.77)

**0.00

  1. *AEs: Patients with adverse reactions
  2. **The difference was statistically significant