Table 1.

Details of different groups of patient with tuberculosis and control subjects studied in this study

Study subjects	Total No.	Sex		Mean age
		Male	Female	Year	Range
1. Tuberculosis	86	53	33
i. Pulmonary cases	48	32	16	32.6 ± 13.2	18–65
ii. Extra-pulmonary cases	10	3	7	31.0 ± 14.0	18–65
iii. Defaulter TB cases	20	10	10	28.7 ± 8.8	18–50
iv. Relapse TB cases	8	8	0	32.0 ± 10.8	24–55
2. Healthy controls	29	21	8	25.9 ± 6.7	22–52
3. Leprosy controls	18	12	6	33.3 ± 6.8	25–60
4. Anti tuberculosis treated cases	10	8	2	35.3 ± 12.8	18–58