Of the 14 proteins in Table 2, 7 (serial numbers 1 to 7) were obtained as a result of comparisons between patients with active TB and control subjects; number 1 (spot HT6102) was identified as RBP4, number 2 (HT2406) as fetuin-A, and number 3 (HT5401) as VDBP. This evidence concerns the gene RBP4 and tuberculosis.