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. 2017 Sep 14;12(9):e0184113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184113

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of CP-TB patients, NCP-TB patients and healthy individuals in training and validation sets.

Variable CP-TB (n = 64) NCP-TB (n = 64) Healthy control (n = 64)
Age, yearsa 43.4 (18.84) 43.3 (18.26) 42.3 (17.41)
Age, group, n
    ≤25 16 (25%) 14 (21.9%) 13 (20.3%)
    26–40 15 (23.4%) 17 (26.6%) 18 (28.1%)
    41–55 18 (28.1%) 16 (25%) 19 (29.7%)
    ≥56 15 (23.4%) 17 (26.6%) 14 (21.9%)
Sex, n
    Male 44 (68.8%) 41 (64.1%) 34 (53.1%)
    Female 20 (31.2%) 23 (35.9%) 30 (46.9%)
History of TB treatment
    Yes 16 (25%) 17 (26.6%)
    No 48 (75%) 47 (73.4%)

a Age data are presented as the mean (SD).

Abbreviations: CP-TB: cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis; NCP-TB: non-cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis; TB: tuberculosis