Table 1 Baseline characteristics, socio-economic profiles and comorbidities in the entire study population and among clusters in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

From: Cluster analysis categorizes five phenotypes of pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Total

(N = 4,370)

Cluster 1

(N = 694)

Cluster 2

(N = 645)

Cluster 3

(N = 1,048)

Cluster 4

(N = 1,106)

Cluster 5

(N = 877)

Demographics

Age, years

58.6 ± 19.7

46.3 ± 12.7

25.8 ± 8.2**

52.7 ± 6.8**

73.6 ± 7.9**

78.3 ± 7.0**

Male sex

2,747 (62.9%)

505 (72.8%)

323 (50.1%)**

795 (75.9%)

665 (60.1%)**

459 (52.3%)**

Female sex

1,623 (37.1%)

189 (27.2%)

322 (49.9%)

253 (24.1%)

441 (39.9%)

418 (47.7%)

Body mass index, kg/m2

21.3 ± 3.3

25.9 ± 2.4

20.3 ± 2.2**

19.6 ± 1.9**

23.1 ± 1.6**

17.9 ± 1.9**

Socio-economic status

Medicaid

448 (10.9%)

63 (9.8%)

50 (8.4%)

155 (15.7%)**

74 (7.1%)

106 (12.9%)

Current smoker

979 (22.4%)

208 (30.0%)

182 (28.2%)

402 (38.4%)**

106 (9.6%)**

81 (9.2%)**

Heavy drinker

299 (7.7%)

46 (7.4%)

26 (4.6%)

153 (16.4%)**

41 (4.3%)*

33 (4.2%)*

Previous TB history

748 (17.1%)

106 (15.2%)

61 (9.4%)**

273 (25.9%)**

154 (14.2%)

154 (17.5%)

Comorbidity

Any

2,578 (59.0%)

387 (55.8%)

97 (15.0%)**

541 (51.7%)

871 (78.9%)**

682 (77.8%)**

Diabetes

905 (20.7%)

167 (24.1%)

25 (3.9%)**

211 (20.1%)*

313 (28.3%)

189 (21.6%)

Chronic pulmonary disease

209 (4.8%)

20 (2.9%)

5 (0.8%)**

41 (3.9%)

94 (8.5%)**

49 (5.6%)*

Chronic heart disease

202 (4.6%)

21 (3.0%)

1 (0.2%)**

16 (1.5%)**

92 (8.3%)**

72 (8.2%)**

Chronic liver disease

88 (2.0%)

15 (2.2%)

6 (0.9%)

43 (4.1%)*

17 (1.5%)

78 (0.8%)

Chronic kidney disease

118 (2.7%)

20 (2.9%)

0 (0.0%)**

25 (2.4%)

36 (3.3%)

37 (4.2%)

Neurological disease

371 (8.5%)

23 (3.3%)

8 (1.2%)*

45 (4.3%)

133 (12.0%)**

162 (18.5%)**

Malignancy

431 (9.9%)

47 (6.8%)

8 (1.2%)**

105 (10.0%)*

148 (13.4%)**

123 (14.0%)**

Autoimmune disease

49 (1.1%)

9 (1.3%)

5 (0.8%)

13 (1.2%)

12 (1.1%)

10 (1.1%)

Long-term steroid use

17 (0.4%)

5 (0.7%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (0.4%)

5 (0.5%)

4 (0.3%)

TNF-blocker use

8 (0.2%)

2 (0.3%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

1 (0.1%)

Gastrectomy

47 (1.1%)

3 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)**

6 (0.6%)

22 (2.0%)*

16 (1.8%)*

Transplant

19 (0.4%)

7 (1.0%)

1 (0.2%)

8 (0.8%)

2 (0.2%)

1 (0.1%)*

  1. TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
  2. *indicate statistical significance of P < 0.05.
  3. **indicate statistical significance of P < 0.01 compared to reference group of cluster 1.