Table 2. Blood hemoglobin and serum CRP levels before TB treatment based on sex and age.

SD: standard deviation; CRP: C-reactive protein; TB: tuberculosis

Characteristics	Hemoglobin, g/dL, mean ± SD	P-value	CRP, mg/L, mean ± SD	P-value
Sex
Male	11.12 ± 1.58	0.603	66.79 ± 40.14	0.160
Female	11.57 ± 1.94		51.14 ± 12.43
Age, years
20-40	10.52 ± 1.53	0.445	70.20 ± 43.90	0.438
41-60	11.74 ± 1.71		69.67 ± 33.87
61-80	11.71 ± 2.28		63.53 ± 36.47