Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients in the spinal tuberculosis and the non-spinal tuberculosis.

Characteristics	Non-tuberculosis spinal disease (N = 504)	Spinal tuberculosis (N = 496)	P-value
Gender
female	73 (14 %)	199 (40 %)	<0.001
male	431 (86 %)	297 (60 %)
Age
Mean ± SD	35.0 ± 10.5	50.2 ± 17.5	<0.001
BMI
<18.5	29 (6 %)	130 (26 %)	<0.001
18.5~23.9	379 (75 %)	317 (64 %)
>23.9	96 (19 %)	49 (10 %)
ESR
Mean ± SD	30.1 ± 22.0	41.7 ± 30.6	<0.001
CRP
Mean ± SD	29.4 ± 38.2	30.1 ± 39.5	0.766
White blood cells
Mean ± SD	8.25 ± 2.09	7.31 ± 2.82	<0.001
Hemoglobin
Mean ± SD	132 ± 18.0	120 ± 17.5	<0.001
Platelets
Mean ± SD	317 ± 98.1	305 ± 103	0.043
Percentage of neutrophils
Mean ± SD	0.627 ± 0.0986	0.632 ± 0.122	0.466
Neutrophils
Mean ± SD	5.26 ± 1.87	4.76 ± 2.54	<0.001
Percentage of lymphocytes
Mean ± SD	0.268 ± 0.0902	0.235 ± 0.105	<0.001
Lymphocytes
Mean ± SD	2.13 ± 0.740	1.61 ± 0.827	<0.001
Monocytes
Mean ± SD	0.636 ± 0.238	0.651 ± 0.280	0.374
Percentage of monocytes
Mean ± SD	0.0782 ± 0.0250	0.0974 ± 0.0600	<0.001