Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of new and recurrent tuberculosis patients in Zibo City, China, 2018–2021.

Number

2312

308

Age

41.5 (30.5–55.4)

44.3 (30.6–59.5)

0.127

 Young (≤ 35 years)

876 (37.9)

110 (35.7)

0.149

 Middle (36–55 years)

864 (37.4)

106 (34.4)

 Elder (≥ 56 years)

572 (24.7)

92 (29.9)

Gender

 Male

1489 (64.4)

218 (70.8)

0.027

 Female

823 (35.6)

90 (29.2)

Educational attainment level

 High (≥ 13 years)

589 (25.5)

61(19.8)

0.001

 Middle (10–12 years)

704 (30.4)

77 (25.0)

 Primary (≤ 9 years)

1019 (44.1)

170 (55.2)

Diabetes

 No

2119 (91.7)

279 (90.6)

0.527

 Yes

193 (8.3)

29 (9.4)

Smoking

 No

840 (36.3)

87 (28.2)

0.009

 Previous

683 (29.5)

93 (30.2)

 Yes

789 (34.1)

128 (41.6)

Alcohol drinking

 No

1406 (60.8)

161 (52.3)

0.004

 Yes

906 (39.2)

147 (47.7)

Drug-resistant tuberculosis

 No

1832 (79.2)

143 (46.4)

< 0.001

 Yes

480 (20.8)

165 (53.6)

MDR-TB

 No

2197 (95.0)

245 (79.5)

< 0.001

 Yes

115 (5.0)

63 (20.5)

Neutrophil count, 10⁹/L

3.5 (2.7–4.6)

4.0 (2.8–5.3)

< 0.001

Monocyte count, 10⁹/L

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

0.2 (0.1–0.4)

0.792

Lymphocyte count, 10⁹/L

2.2 (1.7–2.8)

2.1 (1.6–2.7)

0.001

Systemic Inflammation Response Index

0.4 (0.2–0.7)

0.4 (0.2–0.8)

0.003

Triglyceride, mmol/L

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

1.2 (0.8–2.0)

< 0.001

HDL-c, mmol/L

0.6 (0.5–1.0)

0.6 (0.5–0.8)

0.059

Waist-Height Ratio

0.5 (0.4–0.5)

0.5 (0.4–0.6)

0.006

Cardiometabolic Index

0.8 (0.4–1.6)

0.9 (0.5–2.0)

< 0.001