Table 1 The clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculosis and control subjects included in this study.

From: Association of Mannose-binding Lectin Polymorphisms with Tuberculosis Susceptibility among Chinese

Characteristics

Cases (n = 1,020)

Controls (n = 1,020)

P

Age, mean in years ±SD

43.2 ± 14.9

44.3 ± 15.0

0.13

 <44, n (%)

519 (50.9)

494 (47.6)

0.27

 ≥44, n (%)

501 (49.1)

526 (52.4)

 

Gender

 Female, n (%)

486 (48.4)

504 (49.4)

0.43

 Male, n (%)

534 (51.6)

516 (50.6)

 
  1. Cases are patients with tuberculosis.
  2. Comparisons of gender and age distributions between cases and controls were performed by use of the one-sided χ2 test. Differences of mean age between cases and controls were analyzed by use of an unpaired t test.
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