Research Article

Effect of Diabetes Mellitus on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome and Adverse Reactions in Patients Receiving Directly Observed Treatment Strategy in India: A Prospective Study

Table 7

ADR incidence in different categories of TB patients with and without DM.

ADRsCategory I ()Category II ()ā€‰
TB with DM ()TB without DM () value1TB with DM ()TB without DM () value2 value3
ADR incidence, (%)ADR incidence, (%)ADR incidence, (%)ADR incidence, (%)

Nausea and vomiting11 (26.8)38 (17.7)0.17702 (22.2)12 (23.07)0.9550.775
Rashes10 (24.4)43 (20.1)0.53402 (22.2)19 (36.5)0.4040.890
Peripheral neuropathy14 (34.1)45 (21.0)0.06804 (44.4)17 (32.7)0.4930.560
Liver injury07 (17.1)32 (15.0)0.73004 (44.4)16 (30.8)0.4200.073
Restlessness15 (36.6)36 (16.8)0.00406 (66.6)12 (23.1)0.0080.098
GI problem05 (12.2)18 (8.4)0.43802 (22.2)05 (9.6)0.2730.432
Hypoglycemia01 (2.4)000.02201 (11.1)000.0150.229
Joint pain05 (12.2)19 (8.9)0.50502 (22.2)13 (25.0)0.8580.432
Drowsiness05 (12.2)31 (14.5)0.7000010 (19.2)0.1500.269
Back pain05 (12.2)07 (3.3)0.01302 (22.2)02 (3.9)0.0400.432
Feet pain04 (9.7)06 (2.8)0.03601 (11.1)000.0150.902
Body ache04 (9.7)07 (3.3)0.06101 (11.1)04 (7.7)0.7300.902
Blurring vision01 (2.4)03 (1.4)0.6240000000.636
Other nervous system disorders16 (39.0)52 (24.3)0.05104 (44.4)22 (42.3)0.9050.764

Data compared between TB with DM and TB without DM group in category I patients.
2Data compared between TB with DM and TB without DM group in category II patients.
3Data compared between TB with DM patients between category I and category II patients.
ADR: adverse drug reaction; TB: tuberculosis; DM: diabetes mellitus; all data has been analyzed by chi square test; was considered as significant.