Levels of cytokines, adipocytokines, CRP, ghrelin and HPA related hormones in TB patients, household contacts (HHC) and healthy controls.

Values represent median (25–75 percentiles), data were analyzed by the Kruskall-Wallis non parametric analysis of variance.aCalculated with leptin values in pg/ml.*Differences remained significant when comparing TB patients either with HHC or controls, except for the levels of DHEA in the two former groups (p¶ Significantly different from controls (p§Significantly different from mild patients (p‡Significantly different from mild patients (p