Table 3: Demographic and clinical characteristics of TB patients with and without DM.

Host characteristic

TB patients with DM (n = 21) N (%)

TB patients without DM (n = 136) N (%)

Impair oral glucose tolerant test (n = 32) N (%)

Impair fasting blood glucose (n = 28) N (%)

P-value

Age group (years)

˂ 21

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

˃ 81

 

1 (4.8%)

4 (19.0%)

5 (23.8%)

4 (19.0%)

5 (23.8%)

2 (9.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

10 (7.4%)

37 (27.2%)

47 (34.6%)

19 (14.0%)

10 (7.4%)

7 (5.1%)

5 (3.7%)

1 (0.7%)

 

1 (3.1%)

8 (25.0%)

11 (34.4%)

7 (21.9%)

3 (9.4%)

1 (3.1%)

1 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

 

2 (7.1%)

5 (17.9%)

9 (32.1%)

4 (14.3%)

5 (17.9%)

3 (10.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 

 

 

 

0.845

Mean age (± SD)

41.38 ± 14.36

37.86 ± 14.74

39.50 ± 12.76

40.3214 ± 14.14

0.648

Sex

Male

Female

 

9 (42.9%)

12 (57.1%)

 

97 (71.3%)

39 (28.7%)

 

17 (53.1%)

15 (46.9%)

 

16 (57.1%)

12 (42.9%)

 

0.024

Diagnostic method

Culture

Smear

X-ray

 

3 (14.3%)

18 (85.7%)

 

9 (6.6%)

127 (93.4%)

 

2 (6.2%)

30 (93.8%)

 

1 (3.6%)

27 (96.4%)

 

0.512

HIV status

HIV+

HIV-

Unknown

 

12 (57.1%)

9 (42.9%)

 

45 (33.1%)

91 (66.9%)

 

14 (43.8%)

18 (56.2%)

 

14 (50.0%)

14 (50.0%)

 

 

0.085

BMI ± SD

20.82 ± 4.31

20.87 ± 3.41

20.10 ± 4.74

21.05 ± 2.06

0.572