Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants enrolled in this study
Characteristica | No. of participants (%) (N = 3254) |
|---|---|
Median age (IQR)—year | 52.0 (33.0–65.0) |
Male sex—no. (%) | 1989 (61.1%) |
Region | |
Guangzhou | 901 (27.7) |
Hunan | 1044 (32.1) |
Xinjiang | 1309 (40.2) |
Classification | |
Active TB | 2536 (77.9) |
Definite TB | 1055 (33.6) |
Clinically diagnosed TB | 1481 (44.4) |
Non-TB | 718 (22.1) |
Pneumonia | 382 (11.7) |
Lung cancer | 227 (7.0) |
Bronchiectasis | 82 (2.5) |
NTM | 27 (0.8) |