Table 2.

Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of patients with tuberculous pleurisy (n = 50).

Variable	Value
No. of male patients	35/50 (70%)
Age (years)
Mean ± SEM	44.78 ± 2.54
Range	20–82
Peripheral blood
ESR (mm/h)	66 (38.5, 75.5)
CRP (mg/L)	69.00 (23.93, 82.95)
Pleural effusion
TP (g/L)	44.67 ± 1.37
GLU (mmol/L)	5.31 ± 0.37
LDH concn (U/L)	403 (286.5, 681)
ADA concn (U/L)	41.9 (30.50, 53.35)
IL-32 (pg/mL)	354.3 (198.42, 529.2)

ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; ADA, adenosine deaminase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; TP, total protein; GLU, glucose.