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

Table 5 Association of diabetic status with sputum culture results from third month to sixth month

Month	Finding	Status						P value
		Diabetic (n = 61)		Pre-diabetic (n = 66)		Non-diabetic (n = 137)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Third	Positive	10	16.4	1	1.5	2	1.5	< 0.001
	Negative	46	75.4	44	66.7	107	78.1
	Contaminated	4	6.6	4	6.1	11	8.0
	NA	0	0.0	17	25.8	16	11.7
	LFU	1	1.6	0	0.0	1	0.7
	Death	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Total	61	100.0	66	100.0	137	100.0
Fourth	Positive	6	9.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	< 0.001
	Negative	40	65.6	33	50.0	114	83.2
	Contaminated	7	11.5	5	7.6	13	9.5
	NA	5	8.2	28	42.4	7	5.1
	LFU	3	4.9	0	0.0	3	2.2
	Death	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Total	61	100.0	66	100.0	137	100.0
Fifth	Positive	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.055
	Negative	45	73.8	53	80.3	115	83.9
	Contaminated	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1.5
	NA	9	14.8	7	10.6	6	4.4
	LFU	5	8.2	6	9.1	14	10.2
	Death	2	3.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Total	61	100.0	66	100.0	137	100.0
Sixth	Positive	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.001
	Negative	34	55.7	51	77.3	104	75.9
	Contaminated	1	1.6	0	0.0	3	2.2
	NA	10	16.4	5	7.6	12	8.8
	LFU	9	14.8	11	16.7	18	13.1
	Death	7	11.5	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Total	61	100.0	66	100.0	137	100.0

LFU: Lost to follow-up; NA: Not available.