Table 6: Treatment
outcomes for TB patients with and without DM.
|
Treatment
outcome |
TB and
diabetes N = 21 n (%) |
TB and
non-diabetic N = 136 |
P value |
|
Cured |
18 (90.0%) |
120 (96.8%) |
0.04 |
|
Completed |
18 (90.0%) |
121 (97.6%) |
0.002 |
|
Treatment failure |
0 (0.0%) |
3 (2.4%) |
|
|
Loss to follow-up |
0 (0.0%) |
2 (1.0%) |
|