Table 2 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the Case and Control groups.

From: A study on factors influencing delayed sputum conversion in newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis based on bacteriology and genomics

Characteristics

Control(n = 24)

Case(n = 24)

P

Age, mean ± SD (range)

48 ± 16(24–80)

48 ± 16(24–80)

-

Gender

  

-

Male

20(83.3)

20(83.3)

 

Female

4(16.7)

4(16.7)

 

Complications

  

-

Diabetes

10(41.7)

10(41.7)

 

Other

14(58.3)

14(58.3)

 

Birthplace

  

0.756

Beijing

17(70.8)

16(66.7)

 

Other

7(29.2)

17(33.3)

 

Outcome

  

0.020

Cured*

23(95.8)

17(70.8)

 

Other

1(4.2)

7(29.2)