Culture conversion and drug susceptibility in drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral regimens

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World J Exp Med. Sep 20, 2026; 16(3): 122305
Published online Sep 20, 2026. doi: 10.5493/wjem.122305

Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics by diabetic status

Variable	Diabetic (n = 61)	Pre-diabetic (n = 66)	Non-diabetic (n = 137)	P value
Proportion	23.1	25.0	51.9	-
DM control, controlled/uncontrolled	14.8/85.2	-	-	-
Age, year	50.9 ± 13.2	40.7 ± 14.0	27.1 ± 8.1	< 0.001
BMI, kg/m²	17.5 ± 3.8	19.4 ± 3.4	18.9 ± 3.3	0.006
Sex, male	73.8	59.1	52.6	0.020
Smoking, yes	67.2	40.9	21.2	< 0.001
Alcohol, yes	36.1	28.8	13.9	0.001
On OHA	93.4	1.5	0.0	< 0.001
On insulin	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.007
Dyspnea, yes	88.5	53.0	13.9	< 0.001
Weight loss, yes	72.1	97.0	93.4	< 0.001
Hemoptysis, yes	41.0	19.7	31.4	0.033

Data are presented as mean ± SD or %.

BMI: Body mass index; DM: Diabetes mellitus; OHA: Oral hypoglycemic agent.

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Citation: Vats Y, Verma AK, Bajpai J, Kant S, Jain P, Bajaj D, Srivastava A, Kushwaha RAS, Kumar S, Garg R, Kumar A, Pradhan A. Culture conversion and drug susceptibility in drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral regimens. World J Exp Med 2026; 16(3): 122305
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Vats Y, Verma AK, Bajpai J, Kant S, Jain P, Bajaj D, Srivastava A, Kushwaha RAS, Kumar S, Garg R, Kumar A, Pradhan A. Culture conversion and drug susceptibility in drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with type 2 diabetes mellitus on oral regimens. World J Exp Med 2026; 16(3): 122305 [DOI: 10.5493/wjem.122305]

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