Table 1.
The Clinical Characteristic of All Enrolled Patients
| Total | Active Tuberculosis | Non-Active Tuberculosis | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=1193 | n=114 | n=1079 | ||
| Male | 747 (62.6%) | 85 (74.6%) | 662 (61.4%) | 0.006* |
| Age (years) | 0.026* | |||
| <65 | 700 (58.7%) | 78 (68.4%) | 622 (57.6%) | |
| ≥65 | 493 (41.3%) | 36 (31.6%) | 457 (42.4%) | |
| Obsolescent tuberculosis | 108 (9.1%) | 17 (14.9%) | 91 (8.4%) | 0.022* |
| Contact history with tuberculosis patients | 3 (0.3%) | 2 (1.8%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.025 # |
| Smoking history | 469 (39.3%) | 57 (50%) | 412 (38.2%) | 0.014* |
| Gastric surgery history | 31 (2.6%) | 4 (3.5%) | 27 (2.5%) | 0.739 |
| Pneumoconiosis | 2 (0.2%) | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (0.1%) | 0.182 # |
| HIV | 8 (0.7%) | 1 (0.9%) | 7 (0.6%) | 0.553 # |
| Cirrhosis | 7 (0.6%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (0.6%) | 0.828 |
| Hypoproteinemia | 114 (9.6%) | 37 (9.7%) | 77 (9.6%) | 0.920 |
| Hypertension | 394 (33%) | 21 (18.4%) | 373 (34.6%) | <0.001* |
| Diabetes | 194 (16.3%) | 24 (21.1%) | 170 (15.8%) | 0.145 |
| Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases | 148 (12.4%) | 11 (9.6%) | 137 (12.7%) | 0.348 |
| Renal insufficiency | 41 (3.4%) | 3 (2.6%) | 38 (3.5%) | 0.821 |
| Autoimmune diseases | 79 (6.6%) | 6 (5.3%) | 73 (6.8%) | 0.540 |
| Systemic corticosteroid usage | 35 (2.9%) | 5 (4.4%) | 30 (2.8%) | 0.500 |
| Immunosuppressants usage | 22 (1.8%) | 2 (1.8%) | 20 (1.9%) | 1.000 |
| Cancer | 441 (37%) | 8 (7%) | 433 (40.1%) | <0.001* |
| Radiotherapy and chemotherapy history | 62 (5.2%) | 4 (3.5%) | 58 (5.4%) | 0.393 |
| Hepatitis | 54 (4.5%) | 7 (6.1%) | 47 (4.4%) | 0.383 |
| Venous thromboembolic diseases | 19 (1.6%) | 0 (0%) | 19 (1.8%) | 0.301 |
| Asthma | 36 (3%) | 1 (0.9%) | 35 (3.2%) | 0.264 |
| COPD | 134 (11.2%) | 4 (3.5%) | 130 (12%) | 0.006* |
| Pulmonary sarcoidosis | 20 (1.7%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (1.9%) | 0.279 |
Notes: Numbers of patients (constituent ratio) were shown in the table The result of χ2 test between active tuberculosis and non-active tuberculosis groups were shown as p values. #Fisher’s exact probability method was used. *p values<0.05 were considered to be statistically significant.