Table 5 : Primers used for real-time PCR

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	Characteristic	Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)	Healthy Controls
	Total Number	20	20
	Gender (male/female)	20 (15/5)	20 (11/9)
	Age (years;average;range)	46.2 (20-72)	45 (21-69)
	BCG vaccination (Yes/NO)	14/6	20/0
	Smear test (Positive/Negative)	Positive	NA
	History of smoking (Yes/No)	7/13	NA
	Sputum culture-proven	Positive	NA
	Chest X-ray and CT-proven	15	NA
	NA: Not applicable, BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine.	
	Supplementary Primers	Sequence (5′ to3′)		nt
	circRNA_00074-1	ATACTCTATCCCGTTGTGCAC		21
	circRNA_00074-2	AGAAGGGCACAGGGAAGTG		19
	circRNA_09585-1	CACTTGACGTCAGGAGATCACA	22
	circRNA_09585-2	GTGAACCGAAGTTTAGCAATGG	22
	circRNA_14623-1	CAATGCAGTTTCCTTCCTCTC		21
	circRNA_14623-2	GGCTGAATTGATAGAGAATGG		21
	circRNA_05538-1	TTCTGCTGGTGTCTGCTGCTG		21
	circRNA_05538-2	TGTATGAGGATGGAGAAGACC	21
	circRNA_09993-1	AATTCACTGCGTTGTCGGAC		20
	circRNA_09993-2	CCTCTTTGATGATAAAGCAGTG	22
	circRNA_13478-1	TTTGGAGTTCTTCCCTGGG		19
	circRNA_13478-2	GATGAGCTCAGCTTTGAACAG	21
	β-actin-1	TCATGAAGTGTGACGTTGACATCCGT	26
	β-actin-2	CCTAGAAGCATTTGCGGTGCACGATG	26