Table 3.

Demographic characteristics of healthy controls and patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Clinical parameters	Healthy controls	Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis
Sex, F/M	7/18	7/18
Age (year olds), mean±SD	44.00±6.91	49.00±8.64
Hospital admission, n (%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
Pulmonary tuberculosis symptoms at onset
- Cough or hemoptysis, n (%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
- Chest pain, n (%)	0 (0%)	10 (40%)
- Fever, n (%)	0 (0%)	18 (72%)
- Weakness, n (%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
Chest radiography: abnormality, n (%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
Xpert MTB: detected, n (%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
Tuberculosis culture: positive, n (%)	0 (0%)	25 (100%)
HIV infection, n (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Other respiratory or pulmonary diseases, n (%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)