Table 1 Patients characteristics at admission

N

287

100

100

Age (years), median (IQR)

57 (49–63)

57 (48–63)

57 (48–63)

Sex-male, n (%)

149 (51.9)

52 (52.0)

52 (52.0)

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

24.3 (23.1–25.9)^†‡

25.8 (24.3–27.4)

26.0 (24.8–28.5)

Current smoker, n (%)

63 (22.0)

24 (24.0)

21 (21.0)

Alcoholism, n (%)

13 (4.5)

4 (4.0)

3 (3.0)

Past history of tuberculosis, n (%)

19 (6.6)

–

–

 Fever

133 (46.3)^†

100 (100.0)

–

 Cough or sputum

148 (51.6)^†

69 (69.0)

–

 Dyspnoea

55 (19.2)^†

59 (59.0)

–

 Chest pain

21 (7.3)

5 (5.0)

–

 Wight loss

53 (18.5)^†

3 (3.0)

–

 Cavitary lesion

106 (36.9)^†

13 (13.0)

–

 Pleural effusion

54 (18.8)

14 (14.0)

–

PORT score

90.5 (80.7–105.6)^†

104.8 (92.5–116.3)

–

Positive sputum acid-fast smear, n (%)

165 (57.5)

–

–

 Minimal to mild disease

160 (55.7)

–

–

 Moderate

72 (25.1)

–

–

 Advanced disease

55 (19.2)

–

–

Drug resistant tuberculosisa, n (%)

38 (13.2)

–

–

Disseminated tuberculosis, n (%)

31 (10.8)

–

–

Death, n (%)

 WBC 10⁹/L

7.95 (7.10–9.33)^†‡

12.1 (9.7–14.2)

5.88 (5.02–7.13)

 CRP, mg/dl

5.14 (4.03–6.55)^†‡

10.15 (6.12–13.21)

0.23 (0.13–0.52)

 IL-6, ng/ml

10.8 (9.0–13.2)^†‡

12.5 (9.8–16.6)

9.4 (6.9–11.9)

 MIF, ng/ml

23.0 (19.1–28.1)^†‡

27.7 (21.7–33.5)

14.3 (10.9–17.2)

 FBG, mmol/l

5.79 (5.01–6.21)

5.66 (4.93–6.02)

5.38 (4.89–5.76)

 Albumin, g/dl

3.4 (3.2–3.7)

3.4 (3.1–3.7)

3.5 (3.2–3.7)