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 8

Number of adverse reactions recorded in DM and non-DM TB patients.

Number of ADRs reportedTB with DM
TB without DM
value

No ADRs04 (8.0)89 (33.46)<0.001
One06 (12.0)47 (17.67)0.325
Two08 (16.0)55 (20.67)0.448
Three13 (26.0)40 (15.04)0.057
Four05 (10.0)28 (10.53)0.911
Five07 (14.0)04 (1.50)<0.001
More than five07 (14.0)03 (1.13)<0.001

ADR: adverse drug reaction; TB: tuberculosis; DM: diabetes mellitus; values in parenthesis are expressed in percentage; values were compared by using chi square test. was considered as significant. Statistical calculation was performed by using chi square test between the two groups. .