After ROC curve analysis, 13 of these biomarkers (MPO, SAA, CRP, IL-2Ra, IFN-γ, IP-10, PDGF-BB, VEGF, pentraxin3, MMP-1, RANTES, TNFRII, MIG discriminated between the TB and ORD groups with AUC ≥ 0.70 and sCD40L and I-309 were the most promising, with AUC ≥ 0.80 (Supplementary Figure 2). Here, CRP is linked to tuberculosis.