Differential transcriptomics in sarcoidosis lung and lymph node granulomas with comparisons to pathogen-specific granulomas

Table 1 Patient and sample characteristics

Variable	Sarcoidosis	CM	TB
Number of cases	18	3	4
Granuloma origin
Lymph node (mediastinal)	12	0	2
Lung	6	3	2
Sex, female, N (%)	66	33	50
Age, (mean, Sd)	52.8 ± 11.4	38.3 ± 16.5	58.3 ± 9.3
Race/ethnicity, N (%)
Black or African American	11	0	0
White	62	100	100
Hispanic*	17	66	75
Other**	11	na	na

Granuloma specimens from 18 sarcoidosis, 3 Coccidiodomycosis (CM) and 4 tuberculosis (TB) patients were included in this study. There was no significant difference in age (p = 0.1). The predominant race was White in the three granulomatous diseases, 11% of the sarcoidosis were self-identified as Black or African Americans, while *half of Hispanics were self-identified as white as well. **Other include Native American and Multiracial

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