Table 3.

Clinical and Radiologic Findings of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Diabetic versus Non-Diabetic Patients

Parameters	DM/PTB Group n = 132 (%)	Non-DM/PTB Group n = 355 (%)	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Clinical findings
Cough	116 (87.9%)	268 (75.5%)	2.35 (1.32–4.19)	0.004*
Fever	110 (83.3%)	258 (72.7%)	1.88 (1.13–3.14)	0.01*
Night sweating	97 (73.5%)	223 (62.8%)	1.64 (1.05–2.55)	0.03*
Dyspnea	70 (53%)	96 (27%)	3.05 (2.01–4.61)	0.0001*
Weight loss	68 (51.5%)	127 (35.8%)	1.9 (1.27–2.86)	0.002*
Anorexia	59 (44.7%)	113 (31.8%)	1.73 (1.15–2.61)	0.01*
Malaise	52 (39.4%)	112 (31.5%)	1.4 (0.93–2.14)	0.1
Chest pain	43 (32.6%)	110 (31%)	1.08 (0.70–1.65)	0.74
Hemoptysis	36 (27.3%)	63 (17.7%)	1.74 (1.08–2.78)	0.02*
Pulmonary radiologic findings
Consolidation	58 (43.9%)	107 (30.1%)	1.82 (1.2–2.74)	0.005*
Cavitation	42 (31.8%)	73 (20.6%)	1.8 (1.15–2.82)	0.012*
Lower lung lesions	26 (19.7%)	51 (14.4%)	1.46 (0.87–2.46)	0.16
Nodules	20 (15.2%)	45 (12.7%)	1.23 (0.69–2.17)	0.54
Pleural effusion	13 (9.8%)	23 (6.5%)	1.6 (0.77–3.21)	0.21

Notes: *p <0.05 (statistically significant). Data are expressed as numbers and percentages.

Abbreviations: DM/PTB, diabetes mellitus and pulmonary tuberculosis; n, number; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.