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. 2022 May 23;10:789952. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.789952

Table 4.

Demographic and clinical differences in TB patients according to their DM status.

DM (48) Non-DM (25) p -value
Origin
Spanish-born 17 (35.4%) 12 (48%) 0.324
Foreign-born 31(64.6%) 13 (52%)
Smoking 15 (31.2%) 9 (36%) 0.883
Alcohol abuse 8 (16.7%) 4 (16%) 1.000
Homeless 3 (6.25%) 3 (12%) 0.406
Unemployment 15 (32.6%) 4 (16.7%) 0.072
MEDEA (social risk) 1.55 (0.61) 1.88 (0.61) 0.048
Death 7 (14.6%) 1 (3.85%) 0.247
Localization
Pulmonary 28 (58.3%) 9 (36%) 0.169
Extrapulmonary 17 (35.4%) 13 (52%)
Both 3 (6.25%) 3 (12%)
TST
Unknown 1 (2.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0.844
Undone 25 (52.1%) 15 (60%)
Negative 5 (10.4%) 2 (8%)
Positive 17 (35.4%) 8 (32%)

TST, tuberculin skin test.

The percentages are referred to the total of each column.