Research Article

Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Tuberculosis Clinics in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 2

Clinical characteristics and lifestyle of TB patients by diabetes mellitus.

VariablesTB patientsTB patients with DMTotal

BMI
<18.5157 (91.3%)15 (8.7%)172 (40.8%)
18.5–24.9188 (85.1%)33 (15%)221 (52.5%)
25–29.916 (76.2%)5 (23.8%)21 (5%)
≥302 (33.3%)4 (66.7%)6 (1.4%)

Family history of DM
Yes23 (69.7%)10 (30.3%)33 (7.84%)
No256 (88%)35 (12%)291 (69.1%)
Not known85 (87.6%)12 (12.4%)97 (23%)

Chat chewing
Yes145 (87.4)21 (12.6%)166 (39.4%)
No219 (85.8)36 (14.1%)255 (60.6%)

Cigarette smoking
Never smoke293 (87.2%)43 (12.8%)336 (79.8%)
Primary cigars smoke26 (83.8%)5 (16.1%)31 (7.4%)
Ex cigars smoker40 (83.3%)8 (16.7%)48 (11.4%)
Secondary cigar smoker5 (83.3%)1 (16.7%)6 (1.4%)

TB treatment category
Category 1308 (87.7%)43 (12.25%)351 (83.4%)
Category 256 (80%)14 (20%)70 (16.6%)

Type of TB
Smear +ve PTB157 (91.3%)31 (16.5%)188 (44.6%)
Smear –ve PTB133 (88.7%)17 (11.3%)150 (35.6%)
EPTB74 (89.2%)9 (10.8%)83 (19.7%)

DM = diabetes mellitus; EPTB = extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PTB = pulmonary tuberculosis; TB = tuberculosis.