Research Article
Polymorphisms in the ASAP1 and SP110 Genes and Its Association with the Susceptibility to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a Mongolian Population
Table 1
Sociodemographic characterization among 197 tuberculosis patients and 217 healthy controls from Mongolian population.
| | Characteristics | Totala, (%) | TB patients, (%) | Healthy controls, (%) | valuec |
| | Age, (years)b | | | | 0.156 | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 240 (59.3) | 126 (67.0) | 114 (52.5) | 0.003 | | Female | 165 (40.7) | 62 (33.0) | 103 (47.5) | | | Smoking | | | | | | Yes | 116 (29.3) | 60 (33.5) | 56 (25.8) | 0.097 | | No | 280 (70.7) | 119 (66.5) | 161 (74.2) | | | Drinking | | | | | | Yes | 141 (35.6) | 75 (41.9) | 66 (30.4) | 0.020 | | No | 255 (64.4) | 104 (58.1) | 151 (69.6) | | | Education level | | | | | | Primary school or lower | 104 (26.2) | 60 (33.3) | 44 (20.3) | 0.004 | | Junior school | 195 (49.1) | 74 (41.1) | 121 (55.7) | | | Senior high school and higher | 98 (24.7) | 46 (25.6) | 52 (24.0) | | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 313 (79.0) | 145 (79.7) | 168 (78.5) | 0.805 | | Unmarried/divorced/widowed | 83 (21.0) | 37 (20.3) | 46 (21.5) | |
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aTuberculosis patients; bhealthy controls.
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