Table 2.
Morbidity and behavioural characteristics of individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in three districts of South India, 2015-2018 (n=765)
| Characteristic | Frequency (%) |
| Sputum smear grading at diagnosis | |
| 1+ | 241 (31.5) |
| 2+ | 255 (33.3) |
| 3+ | 269 (35.2) |
| Karnofsky Score at diagnosis | |
| 50–60 | 218 (28.5) |
| >60 | 547 (71.5) |
| HIV status | |
| Seropositive | 5 (0.6) |
| Seronegative | 760 (99.4) |
| RBS | |
| <200 mg/dL | 531 (69.4) |
| >200 mg/dL | 234 (30.6) |
| Any other comorbidity* | |
| Yes | 154 (20.2) |
| No | 611 (79.8) |
| BMI | |
| <18.5 | 470 (61.4) |
| 18.5–22.9 | 221 (28.9) |
| 23–24.9 | 42 (5.5) |
| 25 and above | 29 (3.8) |
| Not recorded | 3 (0.4) |
| Alcohol use† | |
| Ever | 446 (58.3) |
| Never | 319 (41.7) |
| Tobacco use‡ | |
| Former | 140 (18.3) |
| Current | 231 (30.2) |
| Never | 394 (51.5) |
*Other comorbidities such as asthma, hepatitis, renal disease, cancer and breathing difficulty were reported by the participants.
†Alcohol use was measured for the past 1 year.
‡Current or prior habitual use of both smoking and smokeless forms of tobacco.
BMI, body mass index; RBS, random blood sugar.