Skip to main content
. 2015 Jun 15;10(6):e0129312. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129312

Table 1. Characteristics of pulmonary TB patients according to DM diagnosis, Mexico 2000–2012.

Characteristic Total Pulmonary TB with DM Pulmonary TB without DM p-value*
n = 181,378 n = 34,988 (19.29%) n = 146,390 (80.370%)
Number/Total (%) Number/Total (%) Number/Total (%)
Female 66,189/181,377 (36.49) 15,036/34,988 (42.97) 51,153/146,389 (34.94) <0.001
Age (years) [median (IQR)] 46 (32–60) 52 (44–61) 43 (30–59) <0.001**
Region
Mexico City and Central region 45,963/181,371 (25.34) 9,214/34,987 (26.34) 36,749 / 146,384 (25.34) <0.001
Northern region 62,756/181,371 (34.60) 11,645/34,987 (33.38) 51,111/ 146,384 (34.60) <0.001
Southern region 72,652/181,371 (40.06) 14,128/34,987 (40.38) 58,524/ 146,384 (39.98) 0.169
Lack of access to social security 51,646 /181,138 (28.51) 13,303/34,957 (38.06) 38,343/146,181 (26.23) <0.001
Malnutrition 18,484/ 181,378 (10.19) 638/34,988 (1.82) 17,846/146,390 (12.19) <0.001
Cirrhosis 351/181,378 (0.19) 49/ 34,988 (0.14) 302/146,390 (0.21) 0.011
Treatment for a previous TB episode 16,413 /178,780 (9.18) 3,338/34,413 (9.70) 13,075 /144,368 (9.06) <0.001
Method for TB diagnosis
Culture 1,935/181,092 (1.07) 373/34,966 (1.07) 1,562/146,126 (1.07) 0.972
Sputum smear microscopy 153,050/181,092 (84.52) 30,962/34,966 (88.55) 122,088/146,126 (83.55) <0.001
Chest X rays 17,820 /181,092 (9.84) 2,365 /34,966 (6.76) 15,455/146,126 (10.58) <0.001
Histopathology 1,054 /181,092 (0.58) 155/34,966 (0.44) 899/146,126 (0.62) <0.001
Other 7,233/181,092 (3.99) 1,111/34,966 (3.18) 6,122/146,126 (4.19) <0.001
Antimicrobial susceptibility
Pansusceptible 1,101/2,286 (48.16) 243/672 (36.16) 858/1,614 (53.16) <0.001
Resistant 1793/2,286 (8.44) 67/672 (9.97) 126/1,614 (7.81) 0.090
MDR 992/2,286 (43.39) 362/672 (53.87) 630/1,614 (39.03) <0.001
Treatment outcome
Cure and treatment completion 117,751/143,782 (81.90) 25,623/29,534 (86.76) 84,302/114,248 (80.54) <0.001
Failure 2,405/143,782 (1.67) 621/29,534 (2.10) 1,666/114,248 (1.59) <0.001
Default 11,188/143,782 (7.78) 1,317/29,534 (4.46) 9,043/114,248 (8.64) <0.001
Death during treatment 12,438/143,782 (8.65) 1,973 /29,534 (6.68) 10,465/114,248 (9.16) <0.001

TB, Tuberculosis; DM, Diabetes mellitus; OR, Odds Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; IQR, Interquartile range; MDR, multidrug resistance.

* Chi-square test.

** Mann–Whitney Test.

† Binomial test.