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Table 1 Baseline patient’s characteristics in older and younger tuberculosis patients

From: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in the elderly: a case control study

Characteristics

Older (n = 199)

Younger (n = 271)

p-value

Gender, male

100 (51)

169 (62)

0.011

Age, median (IQR)

72 (68–76)

44 (32–55)

 

BMI, kg/m2

21.75 ± 3.59

21.96 ± 3.22

0.420

Ever smoking

87 (44)

129 (48)

0.454

Respiratory symptoms in pulmonary TB*

n = 173

n = 222

 

 Cough

118 (68)

131 (59)

0.076

 Sputum

98 (57)

106 (48)

0.098

 Dyspnea

39 (23)

30 (14)

0.027

 Hemoptysis

20 (12)

41 (19)

0.081

Weight loss

5 (3)

23 (9)

0.785

General weakness

13 (7)

22 (8)

0.661

Fever

24 (12)

38 (14)

0.644

Night sweating

0 (0)

5 (2)

0.144

History of previous TB

31 (16)

32 (12)

0.275

Comorbid conditions**

   

 Cardiovascular disease†

75 (38)

24 (9)

<0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

43 (22)

32 (12)

0.006

 COPD

20 (10)

4 (2)

<0.001

 Chronic kidney disease

1 (1)

3 (1)

0.848

 Chronic liver disease‡

10 (5)

15 (6)

0.982

 Malignancy

9 (5)

9 (3)

0.661

  1. The data are presented mean ± standard deviation for age and pack-years of smoking and as n (%) for all other factors.
  2. BMI = body mass index, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IQR = interquartile range, TB = tuberculosis.
  3. *: Pulmonary tuberculosis and pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis were included.
  4. **: If there were more than one comorbid condition for one patient, all comorbid conditions were recorded.
  5. †: Hypertension and cerebrovascular disease are included.
  6. ‡: Hepatitis and liver cirrhosis are included.