Research Article
Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Tuberculosis Clinics in Eastern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of TB patients.
| | Variables | Nondiabetic | Diabetic | Total |
| | Sex | | Male | 207 (88.1%) | 28 (12%) | 235 (55.8%) | | Female | 157 (84.4%) | 29 (15.6%) | 186 (44.2%) |
| | Marital status | | Single | 171 (95%) | 9 (5%) | 180 (42.7%) | | Married | 175 (80.6%) | 42 (19.35%) | 217 (51.5%) | | Divorced | 9 (69.2%) | 4 (30.78%) | 13 (3.08%) | | Widowed | 9 (81.8%) | 2 (18.2%) | 11 (2.6%) |
| | Age in year | | 18–25 | 137 (96.5%) | 5 (3.5%) | 142 (33.7%) | | 26–40 | 134 (85.4%) | 23 (14.6%) | 157 (37.3%) | | ≥41 | 93 (76.2%) | 29 (23.8%) | 122 (29%) |
| | Residence | | Urban | 331 (86.4%) | 52 (13.6%) | 383 (90.9%) | | Rural | 33 (86.8%) | 5 (13.2) | 38 (9.02%) |
| | Educational status | | No formal education | 88 (78.6%) | 24 (21.4%) | 112 (26.6%) | | Elementary school | 102 (89.5%) | 12 (10.5%) | 114 (27.1%) | | Secondary school | 139 (89.7%) | 16 (10.3%) | 155 (36.8%) | | Higher education | 35 (87.5%) | 5 (12.5%) | 40 (9.5%) |
| | Occupational status | | House wife | 49 (80.3%) | 12 (19.7%) | 61 (14.5%) | | Unemployed | 56 (82.3%) | 12 (17.6%) | 68 (16.1%) | | Daily labour | 47 (79.6%) | 12 (20.3%) | 59 (14%) | | Merchant | 87 (91.6%) | 8 (8.4%) | 95 (22.6%) | | Government employee | 64 (86.5%) | 10 (13.5%) | 74 (17.6%) | | Others | 61 (95.3%) | 3 (4.7%) | 64 (15.2%) |
| | Income | | <1000 | 83 (85.6%) | 14 (14.4%) | 97 (23%) | | 1000–2000 | 150 (85.2%) | 26 (14.7%) | 176 (41.8%) | | 2001–3000 | 66 (85.7%) | 11 (14.3%) | 77 (18.3%) | | >3000 | 65 (91.5%) | 6 (8.45%) | 71 (16.8%) |
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