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Table 2 Clinical profile of study participants, South-Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia, September 2013

From: Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased mortality during tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study among tuberculosis patients in South-Eastern Amahra Region, Ethiopia

Type of patients

Characteristics

All TB n (%)

TBNDM n (%)

TBDM n (%)

P-value

Type of TB (n = 1314)

    

 PTB

770 (58.6)

700 (58.1)

70 (64.2)

 

 EPTB

544 (41.4)

505 (41.9)

39 (35.8)

0.21

Sputum smear status at baseline (n = 770)

    

 Negative

420 (54.5)

378 (54.0)

42 (60.0)

 

 Positive

350 (45.5)

322 (46.0)

28 (40.0)

0.33

Type of EPTB (n = 500)

    

 TB lymphadenitis

250 (50.0)

237 (51.0)

13 (37.1)

0.30*

 TB spondylitis

39 (7.8)

36 (7.7)

3 (8.6)

 

 TB peritonitis

36 (7.2)

35 (7.5)

1 (2.9)

 

 TB enteritis

23 (4.6)

20 (4.3)

3 (8.6)

 

 Bone TB

18 (3.6)

17 (3.6)

1 (2.9)

 

 TB abscess

18 (3.6)

16 (3.4)

2 (5.7)

 

 Others

116 (23.2)

104 (22.4)

12 (34.3)

 

HIV status (n = 1306)

    

 Negative

1045 (80.0)

958 (80.0)

87 (79.8)

 

 Positive

261 (20.0)

239 (20.0)

22 (20.2)

0.96

HIV therapy (n = 261)

    

 ART

155 (59.4)

143 (59.8)

12 (54.5)

 

 Pre-ART

106 (40.6)

96 (40.2)

10 (45.5)

0.63

  1. TB: tuberculosis, TBNDM: TB without DM, TBDM: TB and DM, EPTB: extra pulmonary TB, PTB: pulmonary TB, HIV: human immuno deficiency virus, ART: anti-retroviral
  2. *Fisher’s exact test