TG and pulmonary tuberculosis: Baseline data of male patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were statistically significant differences in the age, drinking, smoking, diabetes history, BMI, thyroglobulin (TG), history of hypertension and hyperglycaemia among the three groups (P=0.036, 0.018, 0.040, 0.029, 0.006, 0.034, 0.020, 0.010) (Table 1).