Table 3.
Demographic characteristics and flow cytometry results in patients with TB according to their chest CT pattern (productive forms with typical location or exudative forms with atypical locations).
| Productive forms with typical location (n = 24) |
Exudative forms with atypical location (n = 13) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean ± SD | 41.23 ± 10.51 | 40.69 ± 13.27 | 0.77 |
| Flow cytometry, median (Q1; Q3) | |||
| TL, c (cells/μL) | 1368.0 (1113.0; 1510.6) | 588.9 (438.7; 620.1) | <0.0001* |
| CD4+, n (cells/μL) | 803.1 (591.9; 925.9) | 382.9 (297.9; 440.8) | <0.0001* |
| CD4+, % | 46.5 (37.06; 51.93) | 42.74 (40.22; 46.33) | 0.52 |
| CD8+, c (cells/μL) | 512.2 (329.9; 619.1) | 171.1 (136.1; 237.4) | <0.0001* |
| CD8+, % | 27.1 (19.54; 31.66) | 26.22 (21.51; 32.00) | 0.87 |
| BL, c (cells/μL) | 198.7 (115.9; 276.5) | 56.2 (28.1; 78.8) | <0.0001* |
| BL, % | 10.20 (6.65; 14.45) | 7.25 (4.68; 9.63) | 0.03* |
| NKL, c (cells/μL) | 203.6 (151.0; 336.7) | 83.4 (65.2; 130.7) | 0.002* |
| NKL, % | 13.54 (7.93; 19.13) | 13.73 (7.91; 16.31) | 0.83 |
| CD4+/CD8+ | 1.47 (1.20; 2.87) | 1.77 (1.48; 2.03) | 0.37 |
TL, total lymphocytes; BL, B-lymphocytes, NKL, natural killer lymphocytes; SD, standard deviation; Q1, first quartile; Q3 third quartile. p < 0.05 is denoted by *.