Routinely detected indicators in plasma have a predictive effect on the identification of HIV-infected patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterial and tuberculous infections

Table 1 General characteristics of the study subjects

Variable		TB	NTM	P-value
Subjects	n	113	127
Sex	Male	98	115	0.349
Sex	Female	15	12	0.349
Age	(years)	41(30.5–52.5)	41(32–52)	0.707
Onset at diagnosis	(days)	60(45–90)	60 (40–90)	0.435
TB or NTM infection	Pulmonary	64	106	<0.001
	Extrapulmonary	15	6
	Pulmonary and extrapulmonary	34	15
CD4 T cell count	Median (IQR)	40 (21–85)	38 (11–121)	0.744
(cells/μl)	< 50	65 (57.5%)	71 (55.9%)	0.896
(cells/μl)	≥ 50	48 (42.5%)	56 (44.1%)	0.896
Antiretroviral therapy	YES	42	55	0.333
Antiretroviral therapy	NO	71	72	0.333

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