Research Article
Diagnostic Accuracy of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Sputum-Scarce or Smear-Negative Cases with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of enrolled patients.
| | Number | PTB | Non-PTB | value |
| Number of patients | 107 | 46 | 61 | | Age (years) () | | | | <0.001 | Gender | | | | 0.229 | Male, (%) | 56 | 21 (45.65) | 35 (57.38) | | Female, (%) | 51 | 25 (54.35) | 26 (42.62) | | BMI () | | | | <0.001 | Male | 56 | | | <0.001 | Female | 51 | | | <0.001 | Smoking history | | | | 0.205 | Smoker | 25 | 8 | 17 | | Nonsmoker | 82 | 38 | 44 | | T-SPOT.TB assay | | | | <0.001 | Positive | 56 | 35 | 21 | | Negative | 51 | 11 | 40 | | Comorbidities | | | | 0.365 | Yes | 28 | 10 | 18 | | No | 79 | 36 | 43 | | Glucocorticoid usage | | | | 0.383 | Yes | 15 | 8 | 7 | | No | 92 | 38 | 54 | | Abnormality on chest radiograph | | | | 0.801 | Upper lobe of left lung | 23 | 12 | 11 | | Lower lobe of left lung | 18 | 7 | 11 | | Upper lobe of right lung | 29 | 13 | 16 | | Middle lobe of right lung | 14 | 5 | 9 | | Lower lobe of right lung | 22 | 8 | 14 | | Hilum pulmonale | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
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Comparison between the left and upper and lower right and middle right lobe. |