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The demographic and clinical characteristics of subjects (n = 505).
| Definite TB | Healthy controls | |
| Number of patients | 352 | 153 |
| Age (years, range) | 38 (18–88) | 18 (18–22) |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 226 | 79 |
| Female | 126 | 74 |
| Pulmonary TB | 329 | – |
| Extrapulmonary TB | 23 | – |
| Skeleton | 17 | – |
| Lymph nodes | 2 | – |
| Urinary and genital organs | 2 | – |
| Abdomen | 1 | – |
| Meninges | 1 | – |
| HIV infection | 14 | 0 |
