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Table 3 Comorbidities among DM and non-DM patients

From: The prevalence of diabetes among tuberculosis patients in Denmark

Comorbidities

Known DM

No known DM

p-value*

 

n

%

n

%

 

Total

96

100

1816

100

 

Myocardial infarct

6

0.6

361

2.0

 < 0.01

Heart failure

12

12.5

30

1.7

 < 0.01

Peripheral vascular disease

10

10.4

32

1.8

 < 0.01

Cerebral vascular disease

15

15.6

70

3.9

 < 0.01

Dementia

0

0.0

5

0.3

1

Chronic pulmonary disease

18

18.8

198

10.9

0.02

Connective tissue disease

8

8.3

57

3.1

 < 0.01

Ulcer disease

10

10.4

80

4.4

0.01

Mild liver disease

10

10.4

96

5.3

0.05

Moderate/severe renal disease

0

0.0

36

2.0

0.23

Hemiplegia

0

0.0

5

0.3

1

Tumour

11

11.5

78

4.3

 < 0.01

Leukaemia

0

0.0

5

0.3

1

Lymphoma

1

1.0

9

0.5

1

Moderate/severe liver disease

4

4.2

10

0.6

 < 0.01

Metastatic/solid tumour

0

0.0

6

0.3

1

AIDS

2

2.1

40

2.2

1

Charlson Comorbidity Score n, (%)

     

 0–1

59

6.2

1561

85.9

 < 0.01**

 2–3

23

23.9

174

9.6

 < 0.01

 4–5

8

8.3

34

1.9

 < 0.01

 =  > 6

5

5.2

47

2.6

0.18

  1. *p-value from Chi-square test
  2. **p-value < 0.05 was considered significant, when comparing the percentage of DM patients and no-DM patients stratified by Charlson Comorbidity Score