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Table 2 General characteristics of cases and controls

From: Vitamin D and the promoter methylation of its metabolic pathway genes in association with the risk and prognosis of tuberculosis

Variables

Controls (n = 118)

Cases (n = 122)

t/χ2

P

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

51.97 ± 12.49

50.83 ± 20.04

0.530

0.597

Sex [n(%)]

1.104

0.293

 Male

86 (72.9)

96 (78.7)

  

 Female

32 (27.1)

26 (21.3)

  

Marital status [n(%)]

 Unmarried

3 (2.5)

25 (20.5)

18.777

< 0.001

 Married

111 (94.1)

94 (77.0)

  

 Widowed/divorced

4 (3.4)

3 (2.5)

  

Smoking [n(%)]

0.329

0.566

 Never

72 (61.0)

70 (57.4)

  

 Ever

46 (39.0)

52 (42.6)

  

Drinking [n(%)]

0.351

0.554

 Never

83 (70.3)

90 (73.8)

  

 Ever

35 (29.7)

32 (26.2)

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