RESULTS
It included 50 patients with lung tuberculosis and 48 healthy volunteers in the study. 29 patients with lung tuberculosis (58%) were male and 21 patients with lung tuberculosis (42%) were female. 28 control group (58,33%) were male and 20 control group (41,67%) were female. The mean age of the patient group diagnosed with lung tuberculosis was 33.84 ± 12.40 years, and the mean age of the control group was 34.58 ± 11.86 years. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of age. There was no significant difference between the groups in terms of gender.
The evaluation of patient and control group in terms of IMA and albumin levels are shown in table 1. Albumin measurements were 5.14 ± 0.09 in the control group and 4.61 ± 0.41 in the patient group. Albumin level is lower in the patient group when compared to the control group and this difference was statistically significant (p =0.000). IMA level was higher in the patient group than in the control group, and this difference was statistically significant (0.72 ± 0.09, 0.53 ± 0.04, p=0.000).