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. 2014 May 19;7:10.3402/gha.v7.24022. doi: 10.3402/gha.v7.24022

Table 2.

Patients with and without drug-resistant TB in relation to duration and control of diabetes, Beijing, China

Single-drug resistant TBa Multidrug-resistant TBb

DM patients Number of patients Pan-sensitive TB number (%) Number (%) Versus pan-sensitive TB Odds ratio (95% CI) Number (%) Versus pan-sensitive TB Odds ratio (95% CI)
DM duration
DM duration ≤1 month 44 34 (77.2) 5 (11.4) Reference 5 (11.4) Reference
DM duration >1 month and <5 years 57 36 (63.1) 9 (15.8) 1.7 (0.5–5.6) 12 (21.1) 2.3 (0.7–7.1)
DM duration ≥5 years 86 63 (73.2) 9 (10.5) 1.0 (0.3–3.1) 14 (16.3) 1.5 (0.5–4.6)
DM quality control
 DM good controlc 49 33 (67.3) 7 (14.3) Reference 9 (18.4) Reference
 DM poor controld 70 48 (68.6) 11 (15.7) 1.1 (0.4–3.1) 11 (15.7) 0.8 (0.3–2.3)
 DM bad controle 68 52 (76.5) 5 (7.3) 0.5 (0.1–1.6) 11 (16.2) 0.8 (0.3–2.1)

DM: diabetes mellitus; TB: tuberculosis.

a

Single-drug-resistant TB=resistant to either isoniazid or rifampicin.

b

Multidrug-resistant TB=resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin.

c

DM good control: Fasting blood glucose ≤7.0 mmol/L in first week of treatment.

d

DM poor control: Fasting blood glucose 7.1–10.0 mmol/L in first week of treatment.

e

DM bad control: Fasting blood glucose >10.0 mmol/L in first week of treatment.