A Common Variant of ASAP1 Is Associated with Tuberculosis Susceptibility in the Han Chinese Population

Table 1

Basic characteristics of participants free of TB infection, with LTBI, and of active TB for the ASAP1 expression assay.

Participants	Sample numbers	Ages	Gender	Clinical diagnosis
Noninfected HC	16	(29~49)	Male: 3	X-Ray negative, no symptoms of TB, and no other infectious diseases and history of TB reported
			Female: 13
Latent TB-infected HC	16	(30~56)	Male: 2	X-Ray negative, no symptoms of TB, and no other infectious diseases and history of TB reported
			Female: 14
Active TB	16	(16~82)	Male: 10	Culture confirmed, all with clinical symptoms and X-ray abnormality of TB
			Female: 6

HC: healthy controls; TB: tuberculosis.