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

Table 6 Association of diabetic status with sputum microscopy 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	8	13.1	1	1.5	1	0.7	0.002
	Negative	52	85.2	64	97.0	134	97.8
	NA	0	0.0	1	1.5	1	0.7
	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	3	4.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0012
	Negative	51	83.6	65	98.5	129	94.2
	NA	4	6.6	1	1.5	5	3.6
	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	< 0.001
	Negative	43	70.5	59	89.4	120	87.6
	NA	11	18.0	1	1.5	3	2.2
	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	38	62.3	55	83.3	111	81.0
	NA	7	11.5	0	0.0	8	5.8
	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.