Table 1 |
|
| Baseline characteristics of study sample (n =37) | |
| Sociodemograpic | |
| Age, mean (sd) | 52 (12.0) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 34 (91.9) |
| Female | 3 (8.1) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| Han | 36 (97.3) |
| Other | 1(2.7) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| Senior high school or lower | 31 (83.8) |
| Junior College and college | 6 (16.2) |
| Marriage Status, n (%) | |
| Married | 28 (75.7) |
| Widowed/divorced/single | 9 (24.3) |
| Employed, n (%)a | |
| Employed | 18 (48.6) |
| Retired/Unable to work/unemployed/other | 16 (43.2) |
| PTB-related Admission Symptoms, n (%) | |
| Cough+ | 35 (94.6) |
| Cough- | 2 (5.4) |
| Expectoration+ | 33 (89.2) |
| Expectoration- | 4 (10.8) |
| Hemoptysis+ | 11 (29.7) |
| Hemoptysis- | 26 (70.3) |
| Fever+ | 18 (48.6) |
| Fever- | 19(51.4) |
| Weak+ | 28(75.7) |
| Weak- | 9(24.3) |
| Night sweat+ | 19(51.4) |
| Night sweat- | 18(48.6) |
| Thoracalgia+ | 8(21.6) |
| Thoracalgia- | 29(78.4) |
| Chest stufly+ | 20(54.1) |
| Chest stufly- | 17(45.9) |
| PTB-related CT pathology, n (%) | |
| Pulmonary cavity + | 27(73) |
| Pulmonary cavity – | 10(27) |
| Pulmonary infiltration+ | 1(2.7) |
| Pulmonary infiltration- | 36(97.3) |
| Admission Biochemical index | |
| FPG, mmol/L(mean,sd) | 12.19, 3.30 |
| LDL-C, mmol/L (mean,sd) | 2.42, 0.63 |
| TC, mmol/L (M, interquartile range) | 4.29, 0.85 |
| TG, mmol/L (M, interquartile range) | 1.66, 0.79 |
| HDL-C, mmol/L (mean,sd) | 1.21, 0.29 |
| BMIb, n (%) | |
| <16 | 1(2.7) |
| 16~16.9 | 0 (0) |
| 17~18.4 | 5(13.5) |
| 18.5~24.99 | 28(75.5) |
| 25~29.99 | 3(8.1) |
| >30 | 0(0) |
a missing data.
b<16: severe wasting; 16~16.9: moderate wasting; 17~18.4: mild wasting; 18.5~24.99: normal; 25~29.99: overweight; ≥ 30: obesity.
Wang et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013 13:104 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-104
