Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients with TB pleurisy.

Variables	Total (N=367)	GPS 0 (n=119)	GPS 1 (n=198)	GPS 2 (n=50)	P value
Age (year)	49.5±21.5	46.0±19.4	48.9±21.3	60.1±23.9	<0.001
Males	209 (56.9)	65 (54.6)	118 (59.6)	26 (52.0)	0.515
BMI	21.6±3.3	21.9±2.8	21.5±3.7	20.8±3.2	0.158
Smoking
Current smoker	78 (21.3)	20 (16.8)	49 (24.7)	9 (18.0)	0.205
Ex-smoker	45 (12.3)	11 (9.2)	31 (15.7)	3 (6.0)	0.084
PYs	23.9±20.4	20.6±17.2	24.6±21.7	28.2±20.2	0.509
Underlying disease
DM	29 (7.9)	4 (3.4)	18 (9.1)	7 (14.0)	0.043
COPD	4 (1.1)	2 (1.7)	2 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	0.623
Other malignancy	11 (3.0)	3 (2.5)	7 (3.5)	1 (2.0)	0.794
LC	4 (1.1)	1 (0.8)	3 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0.621
Autoimmune disease	4 (1.1)	1 (0.8)	3 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0.621
Post-transplantation	1 (0.3)	1 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0.352
ESRD	3 (0.8)	1 (0.8)	2 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	0.777
History of TB	50 (13.6)	12 (10.1)	28 (14.1)	10 (20.0)	0.219
Symptoms
Dyspnea	142 (38.7)	38 (31.9)	84 (42.4)	20 (40.0)	0.175
Chest pain	176 (48.0)	61 (51.3)	95 (48.0)	20 (40.0)	0.409
Cough	73 (19.9)	28 (23.5)	31 (15.7)	14 (28.0)	0.071
Fever	48 (13.1)	12 (10.1)	27 (13.6)	9 (18.0)	0.357
General weakness	7 (1.9)	2 (1.7)	5 (2.5)	0 (0.0)	0.494
Weight loss	11 (3.0)	4 (3.4)	5 (2.5)	2 (4.0)	0.827
Hemoptysis	4 (1.1)	3 (2.5)	1 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	0.179
Effusion site					0.427
Right	225 (61.3)	76 (63.9)	118 (59.6)	31 (62.0)
Left	135 (36.8)	43 (36.1)	74 (37.4)	18 (36.0)
Bilateral	7 (1.9)	0 (0.0)	6 (3.0)	1 (2.0)
Accompanied PTB	141 (38.4)	43 (36.1)	81 (40.9)	17 (34)	0.505

Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± SD. GPS, Glasgow Prognostic Score; BMI, body mass index; PYs, pack years; DM, diabetes mellitus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LC, liver cirrhosis; ESRD, end stage renal disease; TB, tuberculosis; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis.