Open AccessDiabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes among Patients with Tuberculosis in a Single North Indian Tertiary Care Centre
Author(s) -
Abraham A. Kodiatte,
Mary John,
Jubbin Jacob
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh/the journal of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2042-8189
pISSN - 1478-2715
DOI - 10.4997/jrcpe.2020.306
Subject(s) - prediabetes , medicine , impaired fasting glucose , diabetes mellitus , impaired glucose tolerance , tuberculosis , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , insulin resistance , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , pathology
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), though believed to be high among patients with tuberculosis (TB), remains unclear for the want of systematic studies and unequivocal methods of diagnosing DM. This study was done to determine the prevalence of prediabetes and DM in adult patients with TB.