TABLE 1.
Demographic features for TBM and PTB patients and healthy study subjects
| Characteristic | Value for indicate groupa |
Significance (P)c | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC (n = 9) | PTB (n = 13) | TBM (n = 9) | ||
| Age (yr) | 30 (26, 35) | 34 (19, 52) | 29 (19, 41) | 0.7 |
| No. of males/no. of females | 6/3 | 10/3 | 6/3 | 0.39 |
| BMIb | 23.62 ± 0.99 | 21.3 ± 0.71 | 21.93 ± 1.15 | 0.21 |
a
Measurement data based on a normal distribution are presented as the mean ± standard deviation, while data not based on a normal distribution are expressed as median values based on interquartile ranges. HC, healthy control; PTB, patients with pulmonary tuberculosis; TBM, patients with tuberculous meningitis.
b
BMI, body mass index.
c
Significance level, P < 0.05.