Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis patients at the time of recording in the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in Malappuram District, Kerala, India, April 2010 to September 2011, stratified by Diabetes Mellitus status (N = 3116).
| Diabetes mellitus status | ||||||||
| Characteristic | No | Yes | Unknown | |||||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | No. | (%) | p-value | ||
| Total | 2,127 | (100) | 667 | (100) | 322 | (100) | ||
| Sex | <0.001 | |||||||
| Female | 757 | 141 | (21) | 103 | (32) | |||
| Male | 1,370 | 526 | (79) | 219 | (68) | |||
| Age group | <0.001 | |||||||
| 15–44 | 1,057 | 128 | (19) | 148 | (46) | |||
| 45+ | 1,070 | 539 | (81) | 174 | (54) | |||
| HIV Status | <0.001 | |||||||
| Negative | 1,830 | (86) | 581 | (87) | 125 | (39) | ||
| Positive | 27 | (1) | 5 | (1) | 4 | (1) | ||
| Unknown | 270 | (13) | 81 | (12) | 193 | (60) | ||
| Site | <0.001 | |||||||
| Pulmonary | 1,454 | (68) | 565 | (85) | 220 | (68) | ||
| Extra pulmonary | 673 | (32) | 102 | (15) | 102 | (32) | ||
| Type of case | <0.001 | |||||||
| New | 1,870 | (88) | 550 | (83) | 288 | (89) | ||
| Re-treatment | 257 | (12) | 117 | (17) | 34 | (11) | ||
| Sputum smear | <0.001 | |||||||
| Positive | 1,097 | (52) | 469 | (70) | 161 | (50) | ||
| Negative/Unknown | 1,030 | (48) | 198 | (30) | 161 | (50) | ||
HIV- Human immune deficiency virus.