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Table 1 Demographic characteristicsa

From: Influence of age on the diagnostic accuracy of soluble biomarkers for tuberculous pleural effusion: a post hoc analysis

  

Beijing cohort

Wuhan cohort

 

Variable

TPE

MPE

PPE

Miscellaneous

TPE

MPE

PPE

Miscellaneous

≤40

n

24

3

1

2

14

3

2

1

Sex, male, %

62.5

0

100

50

85.7

100

100

0

Age, years

26.7 ± 1.2

37.7 ± 1.9

25

28.5 ± 3.5

29.2 ± 2.1

36.7 ± 2.8

35.5 ± 0.5

28

> 40

n

27

58

27

12

30

44

17

9

Sex, male, %

66.7

60.3

85.2

91.7

70

52.3

76.5

55.6

Age, years

57.9 ± 2.5

64.5 ± 1.4

62.9 ± 2.0

67.3 ± 3.2

57.4 ± 2.4

60.0 ± 1.3

65.3 ± 3.3

57.6 ± 3.6

  1. aData are presented as means ± SEMs. MPE malignant pleural effusion; PPE parapneumonic pleural effusion; TPE tuberculous pleural effusion