Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population.

Features	Groups			P-value
	HC (n = 50)	LTB (n = 40)	ATB (n = 60)
Age	33.2 ± 6.91	31.95 ± 8.14	32.07 ± 8.07	0.667
(years; mean ± SD)
Gender	29/21	22/18	38/22	0.689
(male/female)
IL-1β	14.64 ± 4.58	51.58 ± 10.01	101.23 ± 16.03	< 0.001
(pg/mL)
TNF-α	3.79 ± 1.28	10.56 ± 2.65	36.67 ± 9.46	< 0.001
(pg/mL)

HC, healthy control; LTB, latent tuberculosis; ATB, active tuberculosis; IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.