Table 1. Characteristics of the 972 culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients included in this study, by diabetes and smoking.
| Non-Diabetes | Diabetes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non smoker | Smoker | Non smoker | Smoker | |
| Total | 365 | 149 | 284 | 174 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 202 (55.3%) | 135 (90.6%) | 170 (59.9%) | 166 (95.4%) |
| Female | 163 (44.7%) | 14 (9.4%) | 114 (40.1%) | 8 (4.6%) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| <45 | 124 (34.0%) | 48 (32.2%) | 22 (7.8%) | 33 (19.0%) |
| 45–64 | 91 (24.9%) | 62 (41.6%) | 127 (44.7%) | 101 (58.1%) |
| ≥65 | 150 (41.1%) | 39 (26.2%) | 135 (47.5%) | 40 (23.0%) |
| Case type | ||||
| New | 312 (85.5%) | 128 (85.9%) | 243 (85.6%) | 157 (90.2%) |
| Retreatment | 53 (14.5%) | 21 (14.1%) | 41 (14.4%) | 17 (9.8%) |
| Smear | ||||
| Negative | 171 (46.9%) | 46 (30.9%) | 93 (32.8%) | 25 (14.4%) |
| Positive | 157 (43.0%) | 96 (64.4%) | 174 (61.3%) | 134 (77.0%) |
| Scanty | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.7%) | 3 (1.1%) | 4 (2.3%) |
| 1+ | 47 (12.9%) | 17 (11.4%) | 38 (13.4%) | 24 (13.8%) |
| 2+ | 28 (7.7%) | 24 (16.1%) | 35 (12.3%) | 22 (12.6%) |
| 3+ | 26 (7.1%) | 26 (17.5%) | 47 (16.6%) | 27 (15.5%) |
| 4+ | 55 (15.1%) | 28 (18.8%) | 51 (18.0%) | 57 (32.8%) |
| Not done | 37 (10.1%) | 7 (4.7%) | 17 (6.0%) | 15 (8.6%) |
| DST pattern* | ||||
| Susceptible | 265 (72.6%) | 110 (73.8%) | 210 (73.9%) | 133 (76.4%) |
| HrRs | 23 (6.3%) | 10 (6.7%) | 19 (6.7%) | 15 (8.2%) |
| HrRr | 12 (3.3%) | 6 (4.0%) | 14 (4.9%) | 5 (2.9%) |
| Other | 7 (1.9%) | 8 (5.4%) | 8 (2.8%) | 7 (4.0%) |
| Not done | 58 (15.9%) | 15 (10.1%) | 33 (11.6%) | 14 (8.1%) |
* DST, drug susceptibility testing; Susceptible, susceptible to isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, and streptomycin; HrRs, any resistance to isoniazid but not resistance to rifampicin; HrRr, resistance to at least both isoniazid and rifampicin; Other, other resistant patterns.