Table 1.

Demographics and baseline characteristics

Characteristic	Male	Female	Total	p value
No. of cases	3,266 (58.3)	2,333 (41.7)	5,599 (100)
Age, yr	53.0 ± 21.4	53.6 ± 20.9	53.2 ± 21.2	0.351
Age group, yr				< 0.001
0–19	100 (1.8)	57 (1.0)	157 (2.8)
20–39	685 (12.2)	702 (12.6)	1,387 (24.8)
40–59	1,246 (22.3)	540 (9.6)	1,786 (31.9)
≥ 60	1,235 (22.1)	1,034 (18.4)	2,269 (40.5)
Specimen				< 0.001
Pulmonary	3,111 (55.6)	2,168 (38.7)	5,279 (94.3)
Extra-pulmonary	155 (2.8)	165 (2.9)	320 (5.7)
Case classification				< 0.001
New	2,788 (49.8)	2,139 (38.2)	4,927 (88.0)
Previously treated	478 (8.5)	194 (3.5)	672 (12.0)
Relapse	404 (7.2)	162 (2.9)	566 (10.1)
Failure	23 (0.4)	12 (0.2)	35 (0.6)
Loss to follow-up	51 (0.9)	20 (0.4)	71 (1.3)

Values are presented as number (%) or mean ± SD.