Table 2. Systemic levels of immune parameters in active TB and TB uninfected individuals.

	ATB	NTB	p value
α-2-Macroglobulin	4.007 (3.73–4.66)	0.8537 (0.76–1.04)	<0.0001
C-Reactive Protein	6.16 (5.86–6.79)	0.08126 (0.03–0.47)	<0.0001
Serum Amyloid Protein	4.31 (4.07–4.86)	0.7393 (0.6–1.08)	<0.0001
Haptoglobin	1.286 (1.17–1.60)	1.435 (1.31–2.29)	NS
MMP-1	5.269 (5.04–7.11))	1.409 (1.27–2.18)	<0.0001
MMP-7	14.68 (13.71–17.78)	26.67 (24.71–58.26)	0.0037
MMP-8	216.7 (200.3–266.3)	42.63 (38.39–60.22)	<0.0001
MMP-9	646.4 (598.9–778.9)	32.39 (29.24–43.86)	<0.0001
TIMP-1	230.4 (216.1–264.7)	33.82 (29.27–47.45)	<0.0001
TIMP-2	291 (272.2–331.7)	50.77 (45.29–62.29)	<0.0001
TIMP-3	1.926 (2.44–5.95)	7.501 (7.09–8.25)	<0.0001
TIMP-4	11.01 (10.38–12.46)	5.027 (4.48–6.536)	<0.0001
sCD14	7.59 (7.42–10.69)	5.047 (4.382–7.11)	0.0106
sCD163	2.651 (2.41–4.03)	3.009 (2.54–5.44)	NS
sPD-1	8.202 (8.06–12.93)	3.758 (3.06–6.72)	<0.0001
PDGF	40.14 (42.04–72.48)	1.616 (1.44–3.07)	<0.0001

Values represent Geometric Means (+/−95% Confidence intervals). p values were calculated by the Mann-Whitney U test.