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Table 2 The demographic characteristics in BS and TS patients

From: Differentiating brucella spondylitis from tuberculous spondylitis by the conventional MRI and MR T2 mapping: a prospective study

No. of patients

BS

TS

p value

Sex

  

0.132

 Male

15 (57.69%)

10 (37.04%)

 

 Female

11 (42.31%)

17 (62.96%)

Age

 Mean  ±  SD

50.95  ±  13.41

47.33  ±  15.43

0.682

 Range of age

31–72

18–69

 

National

  

0.451

 Uygur

13 (66.67%)

18 (66.67%)

 

 Han

8 (22.22%)

5 (18.52%)

 Other

5 (11.11%)

4 (14.81%)

  1. BS brucellosis spondylitis; TS tuberculous spondylitis