Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients.

From: Identification of host biomarkers from dried blood spots for monitoring treatment response in extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Patient characteristics

TB lymphadenitis N = 57

TB pleuritis N = 48

p-value

Age in years, median, (range)

20 (11 – 72)

25 (15 – 70)

0.143

Sex, n (%)

Male

16 (28)

35 (72)

 < 0.001

Female

42 (72)

13 (28)

 

HIV status, n (%)

Positive

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Negative

57 (100)

48 (100)

 

History of diabetes, n/N (%)

Yes

0/57 (0)

1/48 (2)

0.407

No

53/57 (93)

45/48 (94)

 

NA

4/51 (7)

2/48 (4)

 

Patient categorization, n/N (%)

Confirmed TB

44/57 (77)

17/48 (35)

 < 0.001

Probable TB

13/57 (23)

31/48 (65)

 

Clinical response at 2 M of treatment, n/N (%)

Responders

26/57 (46)

37/48 (77)

0.011

Partial responders

31/57 (54)

11/48 (23)

 

Clinical response at 6 M/end* of treatment, n/N (%)

Responders

53/53 (100)

44/44 (100)

 
  1. N total number, n number, %: percentage, NA no information available, TB tuberculosis, M month.
  2. *Treatment was extended for 21 patients beyond 6 months. Chi-square test was used to compare groups on categorical data. A p-value < 0.05 was considered significant.
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