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Table 2 Comorbidities among TB patients and People living with DM and DM related complications

From: Bidirectional screening and treatment outcomes of diabetes mellitus (DM) and Tuberculosis (TB) patients in hospitals with measures to integrate care of DM and TB and those without integration measures in Malawi

HIV Infections and DM conditions among TB Patients

 

Variables

Category

Totals

Integrated

Non-Integrated

N = 987 (100%)

n = 105 (10.6%)

n = 882 (89.4%)

*HIV Infected

Yes

372/908 (41.0%)

50/104 (48.1%)

322/804 (40.1%)

 

No

536/908 (59.0%)

54/104 (51.9%)

482/804 (59.9%)

HIV and Hypertension Comorbidity and Risk factors related to Complications among PWDs

Variables

Category

Totals

Integrated

Non-Integrated

N = 557 (100%)

n = 64 (11.5%)

n = 493 (88.5%)

HIV Infected

Yes

34 (6.1%)

10 (15.6%)

24 (4.9%)

 

No

523 (93.9%)

54 (84.4%)

469 (95.1%)

Hypertension (HTN)

Yes

259 (46.5%)

27 (42.2%)

232 (47.1%)

 

No

298 (53.5%)

37 (57.8%)

261 (52.9%)

Cardiovascular Diseases

Yes

51 (9.2%)

9 (14.1%)

42 (8.5%)

No

506 (90.8%)

55 (85.9%)

451 (91.5%)

Peripheral Heart Diseases

Yes

13 (2.3%)

5 (7.8%)

8 (1.6%)

No

544 (97.7%)

59 (92.2%)

485 (98.4%)

Retinopathy

Yes

14 (2.5%)

9 (14.1%)

5 (1.0%)

 

No

543 (97.5%)

55 (85.9%)

488 (99.0%)

Renal Disease

Yes

8 (1.4%)

7 (10.9%)

1 (0.2%)

 

No

549 (98.6%)

57 (89.1%)

492 (99.8%)

Stroke /TIA

Yes

15 (2.7%)

10 (15.6%)

5 (1.0%)

 

No

542 (97.3%)

54 (84.4%)

488 (99.0%)

Neuropathy

Yes

32 (5.8%)

16 (25.0%)

16 (3.3%)

 

No

525 (94.2%)

48 (75.0%)

477 (96.7%)

Sexual dysfunction

Yes

9 (1.6%)

7 (10.9%)

2 (0.4%)

No

548 (98,4%)

57 (89.1%)

491 (99.6%)

*Smoking ( PWDs with available information = 463)

Yes

8 (1.7%)

2 (3.2%)

6 (1.5%)

No

455 (98.3%)

61 (96.8%)

394 (98.5%)

*Alcohol Consumption (PWDs with available information = 455)

Yes

15 (3.3%)

3 (4.9%)

12 (3.1%)

No

440 (96.7%)

58 (95.1%)

382 (97.0%)

*Fruit / Vegetable Portions per week (PWDs with available information = 198)

 ≥ Three Times

109 (55.0%)

5 (25.0%)

104 (58.4%)

 ≤ Two Times

89 (45.0%)

15 (75.0%)

74 (41.6%)

*Frequency of daily 30 min of exercise per week (PWDs with available information = 221)

 ≥ Three Times

130 (58.8%)

19 (73.1%)

111 (56.9%)

 ≤ Two Times

91 (41.2%)

7 (26.9%)

84 (43.1%)

  1. *Total assessed records were less that total sampled due to missing data. The missing records were not included in final analysis
  2. Comorbidities and DM related complications for the patients reported at the study hospitals between 2016 -2019 in Malawi.