Table 2– Characteristics of disseminated tuberculosis patients and non-disseminated tuberculosis patients

	Disseminated tuberculosis	Non-disseminated tuberculosis	p-value
Demographics
Patients n	12	90
Age yrs	76.9±9.9	70.8±19.4	0.5676
Males/females n	7/5	56/34	>0.9999
Laboratory test
PCT ng·mL⁻¹	0.75±0.79	0.14±0.39	<0.0001
CRP mg·dL⁻¹	11.19±7.28	5.52±5.26	0.0059
WBC 10⁹ cells·L⁻¹	8.41±5.31	7.80±3.01	0.8762
Neutrophils 10⁹ cells·L⁻¹	7.27±3.29	6.07±3.05	0.1686
Lymphocytes 10⁹ cells·L⁻¹	0.73±0.68	1.09±0.73	0.03
PORT score	131.1±31.6	84.5±32.2	0.0001
Death within 60 days	7 (58.3)	5 (5.6)	<0.0001

Data are presented as mean±sd or n (%), unless otherwise stated. PCT: procalcitonin; CRP: C-reactive protein; WBC: white blood cell count; PORT: Pneumonia Patients Outcome Research Team.