Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among Pulmonary TB Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Ahmedabad City, Gujarat

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis are two major diseases that often present together and complicate each other at many levels. The epidemic growth of Diabetes Mellitus has occurred in developing countries where Tuberculosis (TB) is highly endemic. As a result, Diabetes Mellitus and TB are increasingly present together. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of diabetes in tuberculosis patients currently on DOTS treatment and to determine the socio-demographic factors associated with it. Method: A cross sectional study was carried out among pulmonary TB patients receiving DOTS treatment. Total 340 patients were included using convenient sampling who received treatment between August and October 2018. Results: Out of 340 patients, 208 (61%) were males and 132 (39%) were females. The prevalence of diabetes in patients of tuberculosis was found to be 11.5%. Among diabetics, 59% had only diabetes and 41% had other co-morbid disease apart from it. About 56.4% of diabetic TB patients were consuming tobacco. Age, Illiteracy, re-treatment regime were significantly associated with presence of diabetes among TB patients.Conclusion: Diabetes was found to be prevalent in 11.5% of the patients of tuberculosis. Diabetes is significantly associated with the severity of TB, old age and literacy of the TB patients in this study.