Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to various sites of tuberculosis

Age

60.9 ± 19.1

61.7 ± 18.7

57.8 ± 19.9

2.71, 4.86

 Male

4640 (60.5%)

3820 (63.3%)

820 (50.1%)

1.54, 1.91

 Female

3034 (39.5%)

2218 (36.7%)

816 (49.4%)

BMI

21.6 ± 3.5

21.2 ± 3.4

22.7 ± 3.5

−1.61, −1.23

 Underweight

1357 (17.8%)

1206 (20.1%)

151 (9.3%)

 Normal

5163 (67.7%)

4053 (67.6%)

1110 (68.3%)

 Overweight

1101 (14.4%)

736 (12.3%)

365 (22.4%)

1.77, 2.16

 Current smoker

1528 (19.9%)

1332 (22.1%)

196 (12.0%)

0.41, 0.56

 Heavy drinker

520 (6.8%)

459 (7.6%)

61 (3.7%)

0.33, 0.86

 Any disease

4462 (58.1%)

3566 (59.1%)

896 (54.8%)

0.75, 0.94

 Diabetes

1513 (19.7%)

1237 (20.5%)

276 (16.9%)

0.68, 0.91

 Chronic lung ds

356 (4.6%)

308 (5.1%)

48 (2.9%)

0.41, 0.77

 Chronic heart ds

385 (5.0%)

306 (5.1%)

79 (4.8%)

0.74, 1.22

 Chronic liver ds

172 (2.2%)

136 (2.3%)

36 (2.2%)

0.67, 1.42

 Chronic kidney ds

252 (3.3%)

163 (2.7%)

89 (5.4%)

1.59, 2.70

 Chronic brain ds

675 (8.8%)

528 (8.7%)

147 (9.0%)

0.85, 1.25

 Malignant ds

699 (9.1%)

567 (9.4%)

132 (8.1%)

0.69, 1.03

 Autoimmune ds

88 (1.1%)

70 (1.2%)

18 (1.1%)

0.56, 1.60

 Long-term steroid

42 (0.5%)

25 (0.4%)

17 (1.0%)

1.36, 4.69

 TNF-α blocker

14 (0.2%)

11 (0.2%)

3 (0.2%)

0.28, 3.61

 Cough/sputum

2764 (36.0%)

2515 (41.7%)

249 (15.2%)

0.22, 0.29

 Dyspnoea

1240 (16.2%)

909 (15.1%)

331 (20.2%)

1.24, 1.65

 Chest pain

535 (7.0%)

343 (5.7%)

192 (11.7%)

1.83, 2.66

 Hemoptysis

305 (4.0%)

299 (5.7%)

6 (0.4%)

0.03, 0.16

 Fever

905 (11.9%)

703 (11.6%)

202 (12.3%)

0.90, 1.26

 General weakness

341 (4.4%)

308 (5.1%)

33 (2.0%)

0.27, 0.55

 Weight loss

517 (6.7%)

468 (7.8%)

49 (3.0%)

0.27, 0.50

0.04, 0.06