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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants with and without a history of diabetes (N = 1344)

From: Clinical-demographic markers for improving diabetes mellitus diagnosis in people with tuberculosis in Tanzania

Characteristics

Total

N = 1344 (%)

History of DM

N = 69 (%)

No history of DM

N = 1275 (%)

p-valuea

Mean age (± SD) year

 

50 (± 15)

41 (± 17)

< 0.001

Mean weight (± SD) kg

 

61 (± 14)

52 (± 13)

< 0.001

Sex

 Female

474 (35.3)

31 (44.9)

443 (34.7)

0.085

 Male

870 (64.7)

38 (55.1)

832 (65.3)

 

HIV status (n = 1342)a

 Positive

335 (25.0)

18 (26.5)

317 (24.9)

0.774

 Negative

1007 (75.0)

50 (73.5)

957 (75.1)

 

On ART (n = 335)

 Yes

308 (91.9)

15 (83.3)

293 (92.4)

0.168

 No

27 (8.1)

3 (16.7)

24 (7.6)

 

Location of TB disease

 PTB

1011 (75.2)

53 (76.8)

958(75.1)

0.754

 EPTB

333 (24.8)

16 (23.2)

317 (24.9)

 

Bacteriological resultsb

 Positive

680 (50.6)

34 (49.3)

646 (50.7)

0.822

 Negative

664 (49.4)

35 (50.7)

626 (49.3)

 

TB history

 New TB

1303 (96.9)

66 (95.7)

1237 (97.0)

0.464

 Recurrent TB

41 (3.1)

3 (4.3)

38 (3.0)

 
  1. TB: tuberculosis DM: diabetes mellitus, SD: standard deviation, PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB: Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, HIV: human immunodeficiency virus, ART: antiretroviral therapy
  2. aTwo participants had unknown HIV status, a = x2 test
  3. bDiagnosed by Xpert MTB/RIF and/or sputum smear tests