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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants [Median (IQR)]

From: Profiling B and T cell immune responses to co-infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and hookworm in humans

Group

N

Sex (n)

Age (years)

Duration of anti-TB treatment (months)

Male

Female

HC

24

14

10

62 (48–70)

NA

HW

15

10

5

65 (56–70)

NA

TB

26

15

11

61 (44–67)

4.4 (2.5–5.3)

TB + HW

17

9

8

60 (50–72)

4.5 (3.0–5.4)

  1. IQR: interquartile range; HC: healthy controls without PTB or hookworm infection; HW: patients only with hookworm infection; TB: PTB cases without hookworm infection; TB + HW: PTB cases co-infected with hookworm; NA: not applicable.