Genetic Polymorphisms of IFNG and IFNGR1 with Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Table 1

Baseline information on the study groups.

	PTB ()	LTBI ()	HCS ()	PTB vs. LTBI; value	LTBI vs. HCS; value
Age,				<0.001	0.031
Male, N (%)	107 (0.51)	83 (0.48)	84 (0.46)	0.539	0.750
Symptoms and signs		None	None
Cough	153
Hemoptysis	31
Dyspnea	51
Night sweats	68
Thoracalgia	31
Fever	82
Lung rale	37

SD: standard error; PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis; LTBI: latent tuberculosis infection; HCS: healthy control subject.