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. 2021 Sep 24;13(9):e18253. doi: 10.7759/cureus.18253

Table 2. Distribution of studied patients according to the presence of infertility, TB, and comorbidities.

TB; tuberculosis, DM; diabetes mellitus, HTN; hypertension, CVD; cardiovascular diseases, COPD; chronic obstructive lung disease, SLE; systemic lupus erythematous

Variable No. (%)
Infertility Yes 16 (4.8)
No 319 (95.2)
TB Yes 41 (12.2)
No 294 (87.8)
Old TB Yes 30 (9)
No 305 (91)
Latent TB Yes 20 (6)
No 315 (94)
TB type Bone 5 (11.6)
Abdomen 5 (11.6)
Potts 4 (9.3)
Pulmonary 29 (67.4)
Co-morbidity Yes 199 (59.4)
No 136 (40.6)
Co-morbid disease DM 94 (28.1)
HTN 97 (29)
CVD 31 (9.3)
Hyperlipidemia 80 (23.9)
Hypoalbuminemia 47 (14)
Renal impairment 46 (13.7)
Previous lung diseases 64 (19.1)
Asthma 29 (8.7)
COPD 18 (5.4)
Lymphoma 19 (5.7)
Vasculitis 132 (39.4)
Osteoporosis 40 (11.9)
SLE 41 (12.2)
Psoriasis 30 (9)
Cirrhosis 1 (0.3)
Fatty liver 58 (17.3)
Cancer: 34 (10.1)
Cancer thyroid 1 (2.9)
Cancer lung 13 (38.2)
Multiplemyloma 7 (20.6)
Cancer breast 4 (11.8)
Cancer bladder 4 (11.8)
Cancer colon 5 (14.7)