Table 1.

Showing differences in clinical characteristics between TB and DM-TB.

Characteristics	TB	DM-TB
Age	Not defined and persisting at any age	Usually persisting in adults and in old age
Gender	Men or women	Persisting more in men
Symptoms	Higher body weight loss, less fatigue, low breathlessness, less hemoptysis, more fever, more expectoration	Lesser body weight loss, more fatigue, higher breathlessness, more hemoptysis, less fever, lower expectoration
Pulmonary/  extrapulmonary	Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement	Only pulmonary and few extrapulmonary involvement
Hemoglobin level	Anemia	HbA1C is higher
Diagnosis	Can be diagnosed	Difficulty in diagnosis