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Table 1 Baseline information on the study groups

From: Association between cytokine gene polymorphisms and tuberculosis in a Chinese population in Shanghai: a case–control study

 

HC (n = 480)

LTBI (n = 240)

PTB (n = 120)

χ 2 /F

p value

Age (mean ± SD)

41.0 ± 19.9

43.0 ± 18.1

46.0 ± 12.2

0.141

0.234

Sex (male) N(%)

294(61.2)

147(61.2)

74(61.7)

0.008

0.996

BCG scar N(%)

451(94.0)

225(93.8)

105(87.5)

6.440

0.040*

  1. Notes: SD, standard deviation; HC, healthy controls; LTBI, subjects with latent tuberculosis infection; PTB, patients with pulmonary tuberculosis; BCG, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine.
  2. *p<0.05.
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