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Table 2 Clinical outcomes of adults with drug-susceptible tuberculosis and documented sputum time to culture conversion in days

From: Early interventions for diabetes related tuberculosis associate with hastened sputum microbiological clearance in Virginia, USA

Outcome

All patients

N = 363

Non DM

N = 307

DM

N = 56

2009-10

N = 215

2013-14

N = 148

p-value

2009-10

N = 185

2013-14

N = 122

p-value

2009-10

N = 30

2013-14

N = 26

p-value

Time to culture conversion (days, mean ± SD)

56 ± 35

43 ± 28

<0.001

51 ± 36

43 ± 30

0.003

61 ± 32

42 ± 22

0.02

2 months culture conversion No. (%)

126 (59)

110 (74)

0.002

111 (60)

89 (73)

0.02

15 (50)

21 (80)

0.03

Death No. (%)

5 (2)

2 (1)

0.71

4 (2)

1 (1)

0.65

1 (3)

1 (4)

1.00