CRP and tuberculosis: Age, hypertension, diabetes, number of comorbidities, WBC, LYMPH, PLT, CRP, AST, ALB, DBIL, D-dimer, LCR, and SOFA score showed significant differences between the groups (P = 0.000, P = 0.015, P = 0.029, P = 0.000, P = 0.001, P = 0.000, P = 0.000, P = 0.000, P = 0.000, P = 0.000, P = 0.033, P = 0.000, P = 0.000, P = 0.000, respectively), while no significant differences were seen in the remaining demographic and clinical baseline data, including gender, NEUT%, LYM%, RDW, ALT, SCr, TB, and IBIL (Table 2).