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Table 1 Comparison of age, sex, smoking habit and BMI values of healthy subjects and tuberculosis patients

From: Mean platelet volume as an inflammation marker in active pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Healthy subjects

Tuberculosis patients

P value

Gender, n (male/female)

65/30

54/28

>0.05

Age (median±SD)

36±9.96

26.5±1.16

0.05

Smokers n (%)

39 (41.1%)

44 (53.7%)

>0.05

BMI (median±SD)

24±3.5

20.6±2.8

<0.0001

  1. BMI; Body mass index, SD; standard deviation.