Table 2.
Risk factors between patients with LTBI and non-LTBI.
| Risk Factors | Non-LTBI | LTBI | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean ± SD | n (%) | Mean ± SD | ||
| Smoking status | |||||
| Non-smoker | 225 (85.0) | 29 (85.3) | >0.95 b | ||
| Smoker | 19 (7.1) | 2 (5.9) | |||
| Ex-smoker | 21 (7.9) | 3 (8.8) | |||
| Duration of smoking (years) | 21.2 ± 10.0 | 19.5 ± 0.7 | 0.68 a | ||
| Duration of T2DM (months) | 108.7 ± 83.3 | 104.2 ± 82.3 | 0.77 a | ||
| HbA1c (%) | 8.5 ± 2.2 | 8.8 ± 2.0 | 0.49 a | ||
| BCG scar | |||||
| No | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | >0.95 c | ||
| Yes | 263 (99.2) | 34 (100.0) | |||
| Treatments | |||||
| Diet alone | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.45 b | ||
| OHA | 164 (61.9) | 18 (53.0) | |||
| Insulin | 98 (37.0) | 16 (47.0) | |||
a Numerical variable using Independent t-test, b Categorical variable using Chi-square test, c Fisher’s exact test, T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus, OHA: oral hypoglycemic agent.