Table 1.

Significant association of tuberculosis and melioidosis with diabetes

Pathogen	Annual incidence (cases per 100 000)	Relative risk1		Diabetes prevalence in infected patients (%)	Population at risk (millions)2	References
		Infection	Mortality
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	122	3	5	10–35	382	2,13,19–21,31,33,118,140–142
Burkholderia pseudomallei	13–20	13	1·2	39–76	238	15,16,143–145

Relative risk of infection and death from infection in individuals with diabetes compared with non-diabetic individuals.

Number of individuals with diabetes living in endemic regions.