Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the included patients
From: Nanopore-targeted sequencing (NTS) for intracranial tuberculosis: a promising and reliable approach
Characteristic | Overall(n = 122) | Intracranial tuberculosis (n = 100) | Other brain diseases (n = 22) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 52.0[31.0,64.8] | 50.0[30.0,64.0] | 56.0[48.0,65.0] | 0.190 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.275 |
 Male | 62(50.8) | 48(48.0) | 14(63.6) |  |
 Female | 60(49.2) | 52(52.0) | 8(36.4) |  |
Fever | Â | Â | Â | 0.088 |
 Yes | 84(68.9) | 65(65.0) | 19(86.4) |  |
 No | 38(31.1) | 35(35.0) | 3(13.6) |  |
Headache | Â | Â | Â | 0.030 |
 Yes | 66(54.1) | 49(49.0) | 17(77.3) |  |
 No | 56(45.9) | 51(51.0) | 5(22.7) |  |
Dizziness |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Yes | 47(38.5) | 30(30.0) | 17(77.3) |  |
 No | 75(61.5) | 70(70.0) | 5(22.7) |  |
Nausea and vomiting | Â | Â | Â | 0.001 |
 Yes | 30(24.6) | 18(18.0) | 12(54.5) |  |
 No | 92(75.4) | 82(82.0) | 10(45.5) |  |
Consciousness disorder | Â | Â | Â | 0.986 |
 Yes | 14(11.5) | 12(12.0) | 2(9.1) |  |
 No | 108(88.5) | 88(88.0) | 20(90.9) |  |
Hypomnesia | Â | Â | Â | 0.550 |
 Yes | 10(8.2) | 7(7.0) | 3(13.6) |  |
 No | 112(91.8) | 93(93.0) | 19(86.4) |  |
Cerebral infarction | Â | Â | Â | 0.056 |
 Yes | 34(27.9) | 32(32.0) | 2(9.1) |  |
 No | 88(72.1) | 68(68.0) | 20(90.9) |  |
Cerebral hemorrhage | Â | Â | Â | 0.950 |
 Yes | 3(2.5) | 3(3.0) | 0(0.0) |  |
 No | 119(97.5) | 97(97.0) | 22(100.0) |  |
Image type | Â | Â | Â | 0.080 |
Meningeal | 56(45.9) | 41(41.0) | 15(68.2) | Â |
Brain parenchymal | 31(25.4) | 27(27.0) | 4(18.2) | Â |
Mixed | 35(28.7) | 32(32.0) | 3(13.6) | Â |
CSF pressure(/cmH2O) | 15.0[10.0,18.4] | 14.0[10.0,17.0] | 23.0[16.0,34.0] | < 0.001 |
Cell count (/*106) | 6.0[1.0,60.0] | 4.0[1.0,27.0] | 138.5[10.0,232.8] | < 0.001 |
Protein(mg/L) | 342.0[156.0,758.3] | 422.5[193.0,816.5] | 179.0[100.8,273.3] | 0.004 |
Glucose(mmol/L) | 3.5[2.8,4.1] | 3.5[2.9,4.1] | 3.5[2.7,3.7] | 0.478 |
Chloride(mmol/L) | 123.0[116.0,126.0] | 123.0[116.0,126.0] | 121.0[113.3,125.5] | 0.209 |
ADA(U/L) | 1.0[0.0,4.0] | 1.0[0.0,4.0] | 4.0[0.0,5.0] | 0.160 |