Research Article

Multiplex Analysis of Pro- or Anti-Inflammatory Serum Cytokines and Chemokines in relation to Gender and Age among Tanzanian Tuberculous Lymphadenitis Patients

Table 1

The characteristics of the study population.

Adults ()Children ()

Age in yearsMedian 28, range 16–75Median 9, range 2–14
Males ()2710
Females ()3415
Culture positive ()13/613/23
HIV positive ()5/440/12
BCG vaccinated ()45/5721/25

= number of cases; denominator denotes the number of cases where results were available.