Vol. 6, Issue 1, Part C (2020)

Result and discussion: Among 50 healthy controls, there were 25 males (50%) and 25 females (50%), most of them in the age group (21-50) years. The mean serum ADA activity in control was observed to be 15.7 + 4.43 U/L. No significant difference in serum ADA activity was observed in control subjects with respect to age and sex. In untreated phase, the serum ADA activity was observed significantly higher than healthy control (36.4 + 16.9, p<0.001) and treated pulmonary tuberculosis patients too (19.4+ 4.92, p<0.001). The serum activities of the liver enzymes (SGOT, SGPT and ALP) were found significantly higher in treated patients compared to untreated patients of Pulmonary Tuberculosis (61.5+47.39 v/s 23.1 + 7.1; 61.80 + 46.97 v/s 28.03 + 8.04; 157.9 + 67 v/s 91.1+ 21.10, p< 0.001)respectively.