Table 2. Symptoms, Laboratory and Radiographic Characteristics of Active PTB Patients.
| Control | Subject | Total | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Clinical symptoms | |||||||
| Fever | 68 | 53.1 | 23 | 42.6 | 91 | 50.0 | NS |
| Cough/sputum | 100 | 78.1 | 49 | 90.7 | 149 | 81.9 | 0.0436 |
| Hemoptysis | 13 | 10.2 | 7 | 13.0 | 20 | 11.0 | NS |
| Chest pain | 18 | 14.1 | 6 | 11.1 | 24 | 13.2 | NS |
| Weight loss | 24 | 18.8 | 7 | 13.0 | 31 | 17.0 | NS |
| Laboratory characteristics | |||||||
| WBC (103/L) | 9.0 ± 4.3 | 11.7 ± 5.2 | 9.8 ± 4.7 | 0.0005 | |||
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.3 ± 1.8 | 11.8 ± 2.1 | 12.2 ± 1.9 | NS | |||
| Platelet (103/L) | 302.1 ± 134.5 | 259.0 ± 108.5 | 288.7 ± 128.2 | 0.0400 | |||
| Neutrophil (%) | 74.0 ± 11.3 | 78.4 ± 13.7 | 75.4 ± 12.2 | 0.0318 | |||
| Lymphocyte (%) | 16.7 ± 8.8 | 12.6 ± 8.3 | 15.4 ± 8.8 | 0.0059 | |||
| Na (mmol/L) | 134.7 ± 5.2 | 133.2 ± 7.6 | 134.3 ± 6.0 | NS | |||
| K (mmol/L) | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 3.9 ± 0.7 | 4.0 ± 0.6 | NS | |||
| BUN (mg/dL) | 15.0 ± 8.8 | 25.3 ± 21.4 | 18.1 ± 14.6 | 0.0014 | |||
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 1.2 ± 0.8 | 1.1 ± 0.6 | NS | |||
| AST (U/L) | 39.0 ± 37.1 | 52.2 ± 61.5 | 42.7 ± 45.5 | NS | |||
| ALT (U/L) | 29.1 ± 28.0 | 50.7 ± 121.0 | 34.9 ± 67.2 | NS | |||
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 1.1 ± 1.3 | 1.1 ± 0.9 | 1.1 ± 1.2 | NS | |||
| G-GT (U/L) | 65.5 ± 103.2 | 91.2 ± 174.1 | 72.3 ± 125.7 | NS | |||
| Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 93.7 ± 48.3 | 90.0 ± 47.2 | 92.3 ± 47.7 | NS | |||
| Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 128.1 ± 39.1 | 121.1 ± 53.4 | 126.1 ± 43.5 | NS | |||
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 89.6 ± 57.9 | 85.7 ± 59.6 | 88.4 ± 58.2 | NS | |||
| Albumin (mg/dL) | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 3.0 ± 0.8 | 0.0091 | |||
| Radiographic characteristics | |||||||
| Upper lobe infiltrate | 70 | 54.7 | 18 | 33.3 | 88 | 48.4 | 0.0085 |
| Multi-lobar infiltrates | 11 | 8.6 | 12 | 22.2 | 23 | 12.6 | 0.0115 |
| Alveolar consolidation | 33 | 25.8 | 26 | 48.2 | 59 | 32.4 | 0.0032 |
| Pleural effusion | 24 | 18.8 | 8 | 14.8 | 32 | 17.6 | NS |
| Cavitary lesion | 13 | 10.2 | 3 | 5.6 | 16 | 8.8 | NS |
| Bronchiectasis | 8 | 6.3 | 3 | 5.6 | 11 | 6.0 | NS |
| Emphysema | 20 | 15.6 | 4 | 7.4 | 24 | 13.2 | NS |
Data are presented as mean ± SD and N (%) unless otherwise indicated. NS: non-significant; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; WBC: white blood cell counts; Na: sodium; K: potassium; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransaminase; Gamma-GT: gamma glutamyl transpeptidase.