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. 2019 Nov 6;2019:7640836. doi: 10.1155/2019/7640836

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics and lifestyle of TB patients by diabetes mellitus.

Variables TB patients TB patients with DM Total
BMI
<18.5 157 (91.3%) 15 (8.7%) 172 (40.8%)
18.5–24.9 188 (85.1%) 33 (15%) 221 (52.5%)
25–29.9 16 (76.2%) 5 (23.8%) 21 (5%)
≥30 2 (33.3%) 4 (66.7%) 6 (1.4%)

Family history of DM
Yes 23 (69.7%) 10 (30.3%) 33 (7.84%)
No 256 (88%) 35 (12%) 291 (69.1%)
Not known 85 (87.6%) 12 (12.4%) 97 (23%)

Chat chewing
Yes 145 (87.4) 21 (12.6%) 166 (39.4%)
No 219 (85.8) 36 (14.1%) 255 (60.6%)

Cigarette smoking
Never smoke 293 (87.2%) 43 (12.8%) 336 (79.8%)
Primary cigars smoke 26 (83.8%) 5 (16.1%) 31 (7.4%)
Ex cigars smoker 40 (83.3%) 8 (16.7%) 48 (11.4%)
Secondary cigar smoker 5 (83.3%) 1 (16.7%) 6 (1.4%)

TB treatment category
Category 1 308 (87.7%) 43 (12.25%) 351 (83.4%)
Category 2 56 (80%) 14 (20%) 70 (16.6%)

Type of TB
Smear +ve PTB 157 (91.3%) 31 (16.5%) 188 (44.6%)
Smear –ve PTB 133 (88.7%) 17 (11.3%) 150 (35.6%)
EPTB 74 (89.2%) 9 (10.8%) 83 (19.7%)

DM = diabetes mellitus; EPTB = extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PTB = pulmonary tuberculosis; TB = tuberculosis.