Table 3: Serum CRP, ESR, RPV and PCV of pulmonary tuberculosis patients based on duration of treatment
| Parameters | *Newly n=46 |
2 Months n=22 |
5 Months n=23 |
7 Months n=9 |
P - value |
| CRP (mg/L) | 125.31 ± 29.57 | 44.48 ± 40.57 | 13.5710.17 | 5.99 ± 3.17 | 0.000 |
| ESR (mm/hr) | 87.30 ± 28.64 | 58.27 ± 35.77 | 26.70 ±16.4 | 18.78 ± 8.57 | 0.000 |
| RPV | 2.56 ± 0.81 | 2.02 ± 0.52 | 1.62 ± 0.42 | 1.28 ± 0.26 | 0.000 |
| PCV (L/L) | 0.31 ± 0.07 | 0.37 ± 0.05 | 0.40 ± 0.04 | 0.43 ± 0.04 | 0.000 |
Categories were based on the treatment phase of Directly Observed Therapy Newly: stands for newly diagnosed PTB patients