Differential Expression of Host Biomarkers in Saliva and Serum Samples from Individuals with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.

	All	TB cases	Non-TB case
Number of participants	38	11	27
Mean age; (years) ± SD	38.0±10.2	43.4±8.7	35.9±10.1
Males/females	11/27	3/8	8/19
HIV positive 𝑛 (%)	8 (21.0)	2 (18.2)	6 (22.2)
Quantiferon Positive 𝑛/number done	19/28	5/6	14/22