ALB and tuberculosis: Compared with patients without ATB, ATB patients had increased level of hypersensitive C reactive protein [hsCRP, 19.19 (5.97, 115.34) vs. 3.19 (0.86, 25.13) mg/L, p=0.001], decreased level of albumin [38.5 (34.5, 42.3) vs. 40.5 (38.0, 43.0), p=0.031], and higher positive rate of T-SPOT.TB test (62.5 vs. 7.3%, p<0.001) (Table 2).