Table 2.

Demographic characteristics and specimen types in this study (n = 1,950).

Characteristics		No
Sex	Male	1,303
	Female	647
Age	≤ 20	151
	21–40	790
	41–60	545
	>60	464
Treatment history	Initial treated TB	1,644
	Re-treated TB	306
Region	Eastern Regions	1,350
	Central regions	464
	Western Regions	136
Clinical specimen types	Sputum	1,021
	Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid	707
	FNA tissues	82
	Pleural fluid	67
	Other body fluidsa	73

^aOther body fluids include cerebrospinal fluid, peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, etc.