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Table 1 Clinical comparison of two groups in TB patients

From: Innate lymphoid cells exhibited IL-17-expressing phenotype in active tuberculosis disease

 

Total (N = 40)

Low IL-17+ ILCs (N = 20)

High IL-17+ ILCs (N = 20)

P value

Age

49.13 ± 19.49

46.75 ± 17.77

51.50 ± 21.26

0.4481

Gender

    

Female/male

10/30

3/17

7/13

0.144

BMI

21.50 ± 14.21

21.54 ± 3.45

21.47 ± 4.92

0.9642

First symptom*

26/14

12/7

14/6

0.651

Symptom score

1.58 ± 1.36

1.25 ± 1.29

1.90 ± 1.37

0.1314

Hemogram indices

    

White blood cells

6.32 ± 1.99

5.78 ± 1.45

6.84 ± 2.31

0.1000

Neutrophils

4.24 ± 1.78

3.75 ± 1.42

4.70 ± 1.99

0.0952

Eosinophils

0.13 ± 0.11

0.17 ± 0.13

0.08 ± 0.05

0.0047

Basophils

0.028 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.02

0.7881

Lymphocytes

1.38 ± 0.52

1.38 ± 0.46

1.36 ± 0.59

0.9065

Macrophages

0.48 ± 0.24

0.42 ± 0.19

0.54 ± 0.27

0.1386

Red Blood cells

4.36 ± 0.67

4.62 ± 0.63

4.11 ± 0.62

0.0158

Hemoglobin

131.69 ± 21.66

139.42 ± 20.95

124.35 ± 20.14

0.0278

Platelets

223.90 ± 86.65

194.53 ± 45.47

251.80 ± 106.65

0.0373

  1. *First symptom 26/14 means 26 patients started with symptoms while 14 patients with abnormal physical examination