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Table 2 Characteristics of household contacts of pulmonary TB cases stratified glycemic status

From: High prevalence and heterogeneity of Dysglycemia in patients with tuberculosis from Peru: a prospective cohort study

Characteristics

n/N

DM

preDM

Normoglycemic

p-value

n = 9

n = 40

n = 89

Age (years) -median (IQR)

138/138

60.9 (57.5–68.0)

49.2 (40.0–57.3)

30.45 (65.83)

< 0.01

Gender

136/138

   

0.44

 Male

 

5 (55.6)

21 (52.5)

30 (34.5)

 

 Female

 

4 (44.4)

19 (47.5)

57 (65.5)

 

Education

138/138

   

0.207

 Primary or secondary

 

9 (100.0)

33 (82.5)

71 (79.8)

 

 Technical or university

 

0 (0.0)

7 (17.5)

18 (20.2)

 

Prior TB

135/138

2 (22.2)

3 (7.7)

9 (10.3)

0.618

BCG vaccination

135/138

9 (100.0)

36 (92.3)

84 (96.6)

0.752

Smoking

135/138

0 (0.0)

7 (17.9)

12 (13.8)

0.682

Smokers at home

135/138

2 (22.2)

6 (15.4)

11 (12.6)

0.427

Cannabis use

134/138

0 (0.0)

2 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

0.185

Illicit drug use

134/138

0 (0.0)

1 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

0.35

Alcohol use

134/138

2 (22.2)

22 (56.4)

25 (29.1)

0.134

Hypertension

135/138

0 (0.0)

6 (15.4)

6 (6.9)

0.647

Asthma

135/138

0 (0.0)

3 (7.7)

7 (8.0)

0.515

Renal disease

135/138

0 (0.0)

3 (7.7)

4 (4.6)

0.978

Slow scarring

135/138

2 (22.2)

3 (7.7)

6 (6.9)

0.229

Metformin use

133/138

2 (22.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

< 0.01

Consanguinity with index case

135/138

3 (33.3)

3 (7.7)

15 (17.2)

0.96

BMI (kg/m2) -median (IQR)

133/138

29.41 (26.9–31.7)

29.8 (28.1–33.4)

26.1 (2.9–29.4)

< 0.01

Waist circumference (cm) -median (IQR)

133/138

95 (93–105)

98 (94–107)

88 (79–94)

< 0.01

Hb (g/dL) -median (IQR)

138/138

13.2 (12.9–13.7)

13.6 (12.8–14.6)

13.1 (12.1–14.2)

0.151

Anemia

138/138

2 (22.2)

8 (20.0)

35 (39.3)

0.138

FPG (mg /dL) -median (IQR)

138/138

155.60 (134.3–218.3)

104.6 (102.0–107.9)

90.9 (87.5–94.2)

< 0.01

HbA1c (%)-median (IQR)

138/138

6.5 (5.9–10.0)

5.3 (4.8–5.50)

4.9 (4.6–5.2)

< 0.01

OGTT (mg/dL) -median (IQR)

124/138

91.6 (70.3–107.10)

107.8 (87.7–119.8)

91.6 (78.9–101.9)

< 0.01

Polyuria

138/138

5 (55.6)

7 (17.5)

19 (21.3)

0.187

Polydipsia

138/138

3 (33.3)

14 (35.0)

19 (21.3)

0.124

Malaise

138/138

2 (22.2)

10 (25.0)

24 (27.0)

0.721

  1. Data represent no. (%); IQR Interquartile range, BCG Bacillus Calmette–Guérin, BMI Body Mass Index, Hb Hemoglobin, FPG Fasting Plasma Glucose, HbA1c Glycated Hemoglobin, OGTT Oral Glucose Tolerance Test. Hypertension, asthma, renal disease and anemia as defined by the World Health Organization as described in Methods
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