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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and pleural biochemistry of the participants

From: Diagnostic accuracy of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase to adenosine deaminase ratio for tuberculous pleural effusion: an analysis of two cohorts

Characteristics

The BUFF cohort

The SIMPLE cohort

Non-TPE (n = 194)

TPE (n = 62)

p

Non-TPE (n = 177)

TPE (n = 33)

p

Sex, n (%)

  

0.080

  

0.539

 Female

59 (30)

27 (44)

 

62 (35)

14 (42)

 

 Male

135 (70)

35 (56)

 

115 (65)

19 (58)

 

Age, years

68 (58, 77)

68 (46, 76)

0.191

72 (65, 79)

72 (64, 79)

0.579

WBC, 106/ml

878 (369, 2044)

1886 (933, 3108)

< 0.001

846 (416, 1829)

1574 (907, 2847)

< 0.001

Glucose, mmol/L

5.7 (4.3, 6.9)

4.6 (3.7, 6.2)

0.017

6.0 (4.9, 6.9)

5.3 (4.7, 6.4)

0.182

 LDH, U/L

263 (119, 737)

367 (184, 685)

0.188

232 (143, 485)

283 (181, 390)

0.469

 ADA, U/L

11 (6, 24)

35 (19, 43)

< 0.001

9 (5, 16)

42 (16, 53)

< 0.001

 Protein, g/L

23 (16, 38)

34 (24, 43)

< 0.001

36 (23, 43)

44 (37, 47)

< 0.001

  1. WBC white blood cell; LDH fluid lactate dehydrogenase; ADA adenosine deaminase
  2. Continuous data were presented as the median and interquartile range, and compared with Mann–Whitney U test
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