Hematological and Biochemistry Profile and Risk Factors Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Guyana

Table 4

Biochemistry parameters among TB and TB-HIV patients.

	Reference value	HIV positive		HIV negative
		Mean ± SD	(95% CI)	Mean ± SD	(95% CI)
Indirect bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.1–1.0	0.4 ± 0.3	0.4–0.6	0.41 ± 0.25	0.36–0.44
T-bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.2–1.2	0.7 ± 0.3	0.59–0.79	0.68 ± 0.7	0.58–0.77
D-bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.0–0.5	0.26 ± 0.2	0.20–0.31	0.24 ± 0.24	0.21–0.27
AST (IU/L)	5–34	64.6 ± 61.9	45.5–83.6	37.9 ± 38.2	33.2–42.6
ALT (IU/L)	4–36	45.6 ± 49.9	30.2–60.9	35.2 ± 45.8	29.6–40.8
Cl (mmol/L)	98–107	101.5 ± 4.7	99.4–103.6	101.1 ± 4.4	100.4–101.7
Na (mmol/L)	135–148	136 ± 3.4	134.8–137.8	137.7 ± 3.4	137.1–138.2
K (mmol/L)	3.5–5.3	4.2 ± 0.6	3.9–4.4	4.2 ± 0.4	4.1–4.3
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.4–1.4	0.96 ± 0.43	0.83–1.1	1.0 ± 1.5	0.8–1.2
BUN (mg/dL)	7–18	12.4 ± 5.6	10.6–14.1	11.7 ± 5.3	11.0–12.3