Phenotypic analysis of peripheral B cell populations during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease

Journal of Inflammation

Table 1 Clinical and demographic data of the study participants

Group	Age Range	Gender-ratio (Male: Female)	BMI	HIV (+)	Other-lung Disease Diagnosis^a	TB Type
Tuberculosis (n = 52)	18–50	3 M : 1 F	17.8 ± 1.7	0	n/a	Pulmonary
HC (n = 20)	19–50	4 M : 1 F	22.9 ± 6.3	0	n/a	n/a
OLD (n = 24)	25–64	1 M : 1 F	27.4 ± 8.2	0	Pneumonia (n = 10)	n/a
					Asthma (n = 2)
					COPD (n = 1)
					Pleural Effusion, Reactive (n = 1)

OLD other-lung disease, HC healthy community control, BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstruction of airways disease. ^aAll cases had to include symptoms of fever, coughing and other symptoms that would classify the case as acute and of exacerbated nature. Patients on systemic steroid therapy was excluded from the study

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