Table 1. Participant characteristics.

	TB patient	Healthy volunteer	P value
n	200	40
Age in years: median (IQR)	28 (23-36.5)	26.5 (23.5-33)	0.7
Female: number (%)	69 (34.5)	9 (22.5)	0.1
Papuan: number (%)	89 (44.5)	20 (50.0)	0.5
Female: number (%)	29 (32.6)	6 (30.0)	1.0
Current or ex-smoker: number (%)	109 (55%)	19 (48%)	0.4
Height in metres: mean (SE)	1.61 (0.01)	1.58 (0.01)	0.08
Weight in kg: mean (SE)	62.5 (1.63)	48.5 (0.54)	<0.0001
Successful TB treatment outcome (cured/completed)*	146/186 (79%)	-	-
Multidrug-resistant TB*	2/149 (1.3)	-	-

^* Outcome category and culture and susceptibility results were unavailable in some participants