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 9

Multivariate analysis showing factors associated with TB treatment adverse effect.

VariablesOR (95% CI) value

Age0.970 (0.940–1.001)0.062
Male2.013 (0.906–4.473)0.086
Category I cases2.165 (1.004–4.670)0.049
PTB1.071 (0.555–2.065)0.838
Married1.618 (0.804–3.258)0.178
Hindu1.131 (0.498–2.567)0.769
BMI0.965 (0.874–1.065)0.478
Joint family0.725 (0.359–1.462)0.369
Alcoholic history0.942 (0.427–2.078)0.883
Smoking history0.853 (0.411–1.768)0.669
Chewing history0.617 (0.275–1.385)0.242
Family TB history0.451 (0.184–1.105)0.081
Presence of DM3.578 (1.114–11.494)0.032
Cough1.104 (0.426–2.864)0.839
Weight loss1.326 (0.411–4.276)0.637
Anorexia0.309 (0.059–1.607)0.163
Fever1.276 (0.383–4.245)0.691
Dyspnea0.733 (0.278–1.934)0.531
Chest pain0.857 (0.279–2.633)0.788
Hemoptysis1.069 (0.564–2.026)0.839

OR: odds ratio; TB: tuberculosis; DM: diabetes mellitus.
All independent variables were analyzed using multiple logistic regression analysis. was considered as significant. The OR presented is adjusted for age, gender, and BMI in logistic regression analysis.