The levels of SAA, VEGFR3, TNF-α, IL-2Ra, C1q, IL-12p70, MIG, TNFRII, C3b/iC3b, CC3, IP-10, I-309 were significantly higher in TB patients whereas, GDF-15, myoglobin, MMP-2, anti-thrombin III, IL-1Ra, MMP-9, and G-CSF levels were significantly higher in the ORD group (Supplementary Table 4). This evidence concerns the gene MMP9 and tuberculosis.