Multiple CD59 Polymorphisms in Chinese Patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Table 1
Basic characteristics of the study participants.
Characteristics variable
Cases (n = 900)
Controls (n = 1,534)
z/χ2
P-value
Age
1.326
0.185
Median
39
36
(P25, P75)
(26, 53)
(29, 45)
(Min, max)
(14, 85)
(17, 80)
Sex (n (%))
2.759
0.097
Male
542 (60.2)
871 (56.8)
Female
358 (39.8)
663 (43.2)
Smoking status (n (%))
3.431
0.180
Nonsmoker
592 (65.8)
1055 (68.8)
Ex-smoker
237 (26.3)
377 (24.6)
Current smoker
71 (7.9)
101 (6.6)
Comorbidity (n (%))
7.249
0.298
None
579 (64.3)
1032 (67.3)
HTN
138 (15.3)
185 (12.1)
Malignant mesothelioma
17 (1.9)
25 (1.6)
HCV
25 (2.8)
57 (3.7)
DM
95 (10.6)
160 (10.4)
Asthma
5 (0.6)
10 (0.7)
Ischemic heart disease
41 (4.6)
65 (4.2)
Note: Tested by independent samples Mann–Whitney test, and the others tested by χ2 test. DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; HCV, viral hepatitis C.
