Table 1. Characteristics of patients with culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) with and without diabetes mellitus (DM) in three tertiary-referral hospitals in Taiwan, 2005–2010.
| Diabetes | |||||
| Total | Yes | No | P-value | ||
| N (col %) | N (col %) | N (col %) | |||
| All | 1209(100.0) | 581(100.0) | 628(100.0) | ||
| Sex | 0.002 | ||||
| Male | 895(74.0) | 454(78.1) | 441(70.2) | ||
| Female | 314(26.0) | 127(21.9) | 187(29.8) | ||
| Age group (years) | <0.001 | ||||
| <35 | 132(10.9) | 13(2.2) | 119(19.0) | ||
| 35–44 | 124(10.3) | 51(8.8) | 73(11.6) | ||
| 45–54 | 243(20.1) | 134(23.1) | 109(17.4) | ||
| 55–64 | 221(18.3) | 156(26.9) | 65(10.4) | ||
| 65–74 | 208(17.2) | 111(19.1) | 97(15.5) | ||
| >75 | 281(23.2) | 116(20.0) | 165(26.3) | ||
| Smear | <0.001 | ||||
| Positive | 698(57.7) | 391(67.3) | 307(48.9) | ||
| Negative | 416(34.4) | 148(25.5) | 268(42.7) | ||
| Unknown | 95(7.9) | 42(7.2) | 53(8.4) | ||
| Type of TB | 0.561 | ||||
| New | 1050(86.9) | 508(87.4) | 542(86.3) | ||
| Previously treated | 159(13.2) | 73(12.6) | 86(13.7) | ||
| Smoking | 0.001 | ||||
| Never | 653(54.0) | 285(49.1) | 368(58.6) | ||
| Ever | 535(44.3) | 288(49.6) | 247(39.3) | ||
| Unknown | 21(1.7) | 8(1.4) | 13(2.1) | ||