TABLE 1.
Baseline demographic information for Indian patients with pulmonary TB, comparing those with diabetes to those without diabetes
| Characteristic | Values for patients with: |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No DM (n = 142) | DM (n = 101) | ||
| Median (IQR) age (yr) | 26.0 (23.0, 35.0) | 48.0 (40.0, 55.0) | <0.001 |
| No. (%) of patients by sex | |||
| Male | 86 (60.6) | 78 (77.2) | 0.006 |
| Female | 56 (39.4) | 23 (22.8) | |
| Median (IQR) wt (kg) | 45.0 (38.9, 49.0) | 50.8 (44.0, 60.0) | <0.001 |
| Median (IQR) ht (cm) | 160.0 (152.0, 166.0) | 160.0 (152.0, 165.0) | 0.61 |
| Median (IQR) BMIa | 17.0 (15.6, 19.1) | 20.5 (18.0, 23.5) | <0.001 |
| Median (IQR) HbA1c value (%) | 5.6 (5.3, 5.9) | 8.9 (6.8, 11.6) | <0.001 |
| No. (%) of patients with the following bacterial burden: | |||
| High | 18 (12.9) | 9 (9.4) | |
| Medium | 54 (38.6) | 47 (49.0) | 0.33 |
| Low | 47 (33.6) | 25 (26.0) | |
| Very low | 19 (13.6) | 15 (15.6) | |
| No. (%) of patients with cavitary disease: | |||
| No | 70 (55.1) | 38 (48.7) | 0.37 |
| Yes | 57 (44.9) | 40 (51.3) | |
| No. (%) of patients with: | |||
| Infiltrate | |||
| Unilateral | 19 (15.1) | 11 (14.7) | 0.54 |
| Bilateral | 105 (83.3) | 64 (85.3) | |
| Unknown | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| No. (%) of patients with pleural disease | |||
| No | 105 (82.7) | 71 (91.0) | 0.096 |
| Yes | 22 (17.3) | 7 (9.0) | |
a
BMI, body mass index.