Research Article
Prevalence, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal
Table 5
Risk factors associated with tuberculosis.
| | Parameters | Number of patients with TB (%) | Number of patients without TB (%) | Total | value |
| | Smoking | | | | | | Yes | 29 (14.2) | 175 (85.8) | 204 | 0.69 | | No | 26 (13.2) | 171 (86.8) | 197 | — |
| | Alcohol | | | | | | Yes | 28 (13.5) | 179 (86.5) | 207 | 0.55 | | No | 27 (14) | 168 (86) | 194 | — |
| | Corticosteroid | | | | | | Yes | 10 (24.4) | 31 (75.6) | 41 | 0.0001 | | No | 45 (12.5) | 315 (87.5) | 360 | — |
| | Immunosuppressive drugs | | | | | | Yes | 4 (36.4) | 7 (63.6) | 11 | 0.0001 | | No | 51 (13) | 339 (87) | 390 | — |
| | History of contact with TB patients | | | | | | Yes | 16 (25.8) | 46 (74.2) | 62 | 0.0001 | | No | 39 (11.5) | 300 (88.5) | 339 | — |
| | Diabetes mellitus | | | | | | Yes | 13 (10.2) | 115 (89.8) | 128 | 0.0001 | | No | 42 (15.4) | 231 (84.6) | 273 | — |
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value was calculated using the chi-square test. |
