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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of enrolled patients with active and subclinical TB disease

From: Clinical profiles of subclinical disease among pulmonary tuberculosis patients: a prospective cohort study in South Korea

Variables

All patients (n = 420)

Active TB disease (n = 339)

Subclinical TB disease (n = 81)

Male

258 (56.7–66.0%)

208 (56.1–66.4%)

50 (50.8–71.6%)

Age ≥ 65 years

183 (38.9–48.4%)

161 (42.2–52.8%)

22 (18.7–37.7%)

Foreigner

17 (2.5–6.4%)

10 (1.6–5.3%)

7 (4.2–16.8%)

Body mass index (kg/m2)a

 < 18.5

65 (12.5–19.6%)

58 (13.7–21.8%)

7 (4.4–17.2%)

 ≥ 18.5

348 (80.4–87.5%)

276 (78.2–86.3%)

72 (82.8–95.6%)

Comorbidities

 Chronic respiratory disease

30 (5.0–10.0%)

28 (5.8–11.7%)

2 (0.7–8.6%)

 Diabetes mellitus

75 (14.5–21.8%)

60 (14.0–22.1%)

15 (11.6–28.3%)

Prior TB history

83 (16.2–23.8%)

70 (16.7–25.3%)

13 (9.6–25.5%)

  1. Values were expressed as numbers with 95% confidence intervals of their proportion
  2. TB tuberculosis
  3. aUnknown data are regarded as missing