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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of individuals stratified according to differences in infection locations

From: Polymorphism in the EREG gene confers susceptibility to tuberculosis

Subgroup

Number

Male

Female

P

Age c

P*

Control

600

340 (56.7%)

260 (43.3%)

 

34.66 ± 9.70

 

PTB a

424

250 (59.0%)

174 (41.0%)

0.46a

35.44 ±13.65

0.26a

EPTB b

200

121 (60.5%)

79 (39.5%)

0.34b

35.63 ±17.22

0.33b

 Intestine TB

13

6

7

 

40.85 ±18.87

 

 Bone TB

10

4

6

 

36.30 ±10.37

 

 LNTB

16

4

12

 

44.25 ±15.64

 

 TB Meningitis

60

40

20

 

33.68 ±18.04

 

 Genital TB

26

18

8

 

41.19 ±14.18

 

 Pleurisy TB

64

42

22

 

31.81 ±16.39

 

 Renal TB

11

7

4

 

35.91 ±23.23

 
  1. a PTB pulmonary tuberculosis patients
  2. b EPTB extra-pulmonary tuberculosis patients
  3. c Age (years) =Mean ±SD
  4. p-value calculated by χ2 test for gender between TB patients and Controls
  5. *P-value calculated by t-test for age between TB patients and Controls