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. 2024 Nov 6;14:26884. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-77164-5

Table 3.

Participant demographic and clinical characteristics.

Participant characteristics ATB [n = 61] ORDs [n = 82] LTBI [n = 24] HCs [n = 37]
Sex (male); n [%] 48 [79] 61 [74] 7 [34.7] 19 [52.9]
Age (years); median [IQR] 32 [24–37] 42 [31–52] 36 [30–42] 26 [25–31]
Weight (kgs); median [IQR] 50 [46.5–55] 55.6 [48–61] 62.5 [53–71] 62 [58–69]
Having Cough; n [%] 61 [100] 80 [98] 1 [4] 2 [5]
Night sweats; n [%] 42 [69] 61 [74] 2 [8] 1 [3]
Loss of Weight; n [%] 59 [97] 60 [73] 3 [12.5] 0
Smoking; n [%] 19 [31] 23 [28] 1 [4] 5 [13.5]
Firewood cooking; n [%] 5 [8] 18 [22] 2 [8] 2 [5.4]
Alcohol Use; n [%] 23 [38] 33 [40] 4 [16.7] 10 [27]
BCG Vaccine; n [%] 59 [97] 80 [98] 24 [100] 35[94.6]
Treated for TB before; n [%] 11 [18] 16 [20] 1 [4] 0
Can read; n [%] 54 [89] 76 [93] 23 [95.8] 37 [100]
Employed; n [%] 36 [59] 54 [66] 13 [54.2] 19 [51.4]
Married; n [%] 22 [36] 51 [62] 18 [75] 25 [67.6]
HIV Status; n [%] Positive 22 [36] 37 [45] 5 [20.8] 0
Negative 39 [64] 45 [55] 19 [79.2] 37 [100]
CD4 Count (cells/mm3) median [IQR] 220 [140.5-367.5] 323 [218–423.5] 501 [459–563] NA
IGRA test; n [%] Positive 49 [80] 31 [38] 24 [100] 0
Negative 3 [5] 44 [54] 0 37 [100]
Indeterminate 9 [15] 7 [9] 0 0
RNA Yield (ng/µl); median [IQR] 98.2 [73.4–130] 66.8 [51.9–92.5] 59 [44 -84.6] 91.2 [72.4–117]
Xpert MTB/RIF; n[%] Positive 61 [100] 0 ND ND
Negative 0 82 [100]
MGIT (positive); n[%] Positive 61 [100] 0 ND ND
Negative 0 82 [100]

ND = Not done, NA = Not applicable.