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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with pleural effusion

From: Diagnostic value of combined pleural interleukin-33, adenosine deaminase and peripheral blood tuberculosis T cell spot detection TB for tuberculous pleurisy

Diagnose

N

Age (years, x ± s)

Male (n, %)

P value

TPE

57

38 ± 18

41, 72%

 

MPE

17

64 ± 14

8, 47%

 

PPE

5

60 ± 11

3, 60%

0.24

  1. No significant difference for age and sex among those three groups