Characteristic (number of patients) | TB (n=41) | No TB (n=45) |
Age (median) | 29 (29.5) | 42 |
Sex: Male/ Female | 22/ 19 | 14/ 31 |
BMI (median) | 22 | 26 |
Dental status: Good/ Regular/ Bad | 7/ 23/ 11 | 5/ 31/ 9 |
Habits: Smoking/ Alcohol | 1 / 0 | 2/ 0 |
Intake food/ drinks before test (hours) | 1 | 2 |
Pulmonary symptoms: Yes/ No | 41/ 0 | 9/ 36 |
Co-medication: Antibiotics/ Other | 9 / 5 | 0/ 12 |
Sputum Ziehl Neelsen staining results: Positive/ Negative/Not done | 27/ 7/ 1 | 0/ 1/ 44 |