Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of individuals with diabetes, screened with CAD4TB at private TB diagnostic and treatment centers in Karachi, Pakistan from July 2016 till April 2017.
| CAD4TB Score | All N (%) |
<50 N (%) |
50–79 N (%) |
>80 N (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.125 | ||||
| Male | 374 (53.9%) | 119 (51.7%) | 153 (51.7%) | 102 (60.7%) | |
| Female | 320 (46.1%) | 111 (48.3%) | 143 (48.3%) | 66 (39.3%) | |
| Age | <0.05 | ||||
| <20 | 8 (1.1%) | 5 (2.2%) | 1 (0.3%) | 2 (1.2%) | |
| 20–39 | 92 (13.3%) | 47 (20.4%) | 27 (9.1%) | 18 (10.7%) | |
| 40–59 | 262 (37.8%) | 93 (40.4%) | 111 (37.5%) | 58 (34.5%) | |
| >=60 | 332 (47.8%) | 85 (37%) | 157 (53%) | 90 (53.8%) | |
| Diabetes Status | <0.001 | ||||
| RBS > 200 mg/dl | 216 (31.1%) | 116 (50.4%) | 54 (18.2%) | 46 (27.4%) | |
| Known DM individuals | 478 (68.9%) | 114 (49.6%) | 242 (81.8%) | 122 (72.6%) | |
| Xpert MTB/ RIF Result | <0.001 | ||||
| MTB Not Detected | 620 (89.34%) | 223 (96.9%) | 276 (93.2%) | 121 (72%) | |
| MTB Detected | 74 (10.66%) | 7 (3.1%) | 20 (6.7%) | 47 (28%) | |