Table 1. Patient Characteristics Comparing Groups of Control and Subject.
| Control | Subject | Total | P-value | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Subjects | 128 | 70.3 | 54 | 29.7 | 182 | 100 | |
| Age years | 48.4 ± 23.0 (20 - 93) | 64.0 ± 23.0 (16 - 89) | 53.0 ± 24.0 (16 - 93) | < 0.0001 | |||
| < 30 years | 44 | 34.4 | 10 | 18.5 | 54 | 29.7 | |
| 30-60 years | 43 | 33.6 | 5 | 9.3 | 48 | 26.4 | |
| > 60 years | 41 | 32.0 | 39 | 72.2 | 80 | 43.9 | |
| Male sex | 106 | 79.2 | 44 | 77.3 | 150 | 78.7 | NS |
| Indigenes | 80 | 62.5 | 27 | 50.0 | 107 | 58.8 | NS |
| Origin | |||||||
| Geriatric members | 40 | 31.3 | 25 | 46.3 | 65 | 35.7 | NS |
| Military conscripts | 26 | 20.3 | 6 | 11.1 | 32 | 17.6 | NS |
| Civilian | 62 | 48.4 | 23 | 42.6 | 85 | 46.7 | NS |
| Low socioeconomic | 71 | 55.5 | 40 | 74.1 | 111 | 61.0 | 0.0187 |
| Comorbidities | |||||||
| Ever-smoker | 64 | 50.0 | 30 | 55.6 | 94 | 51.6 | NS |
| COPD | 28 | 21.9 | 13 | 24.1 | 41 | 22.5 | NS |
| Recurrent PTB | 27 | 21.1 | 8 | 14.8 | 35 | 19.2 | NS |
| Alcoholism | 44 | 34.4 | 17 | 31.5 | 61 | 33.5 | NS |
| HCV | 5 | 3.9 | 5 | 9.3 | 10 | 5.5 | NS |
| Cirrhosis | 15 | 11.7 | 9 | 16.7 | 24 | 13.2 | NS |
| Renal insufficiency | 13 | 10.2 | 15 | 27.8 | 28 | 15.4 | 0.0041 |
| Diabetes | 13 | 10.2 | 7 | 13.0 | 20 | 11.0 | NS |
| Malignancy | 5 | 3.9 | 6 | 11.1 | 11 | 6.0 | NS |
| HIV | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.5 | NS |
Data are presented as mean ± SD (range) unless otherwise indicated. NS: non-significant; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus. P-value for comparisons between PTB and dual infections.