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Table 3 Comparison of characteristics between true positive group and false negative group

From: Negative serum (1,3) -β-D-glucan has a low power to exclude Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in HIV-uninfected patients with positive qPCR

 

True positive(n = 137)

False negative (n = 22)

P value

Age (years)

58 (41.5, 67)

63 (58, 68.5)

0.0259

Women (n=, %)

79(56.8)

8(36.4)

0.1059

Lymphocytes (%)

7 (3.9, 11.0)

4.9 (3.5, 8.8)

0.1422

Lymphocytes (*109/L)

0.46 (0.26, 0.91)

0.44(0.29, 0.69)

0.4353

Comorbid conditions

  

0.2815

 Hematologic malignancies (n=, %)

15 (15.8)

3 (13.6)

 Lung cancer

6 (6.3)

4 (18.2)

 Autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (n=, %)

65 (68.4)

12 (54.5)

 Interstitial pneumonia (n=, %)

9 (9.5)

3 (13.6)

  1. Mann-Whitney test was used for analysis of age, counts and proportions of lymphocytes. Fisher’s exact test was used for analysis of gender and Chi-square test was used for analysis of comorbid composition