Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Tuberculosis Patients Attending Tuberculosis Clinics in Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with diabetes mellitus among patients tuberculosis on treatment, Eastern Ethiopia.

Variable	Category	TB comorbid with DM		COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
		Yes	No
Sex	Male	28 (12%)	207 (88.1%)	0.73 (0.42, 1.3)	0.515 (0.25–1.16)
	Female	29 (15.6)	157 (84.4%)
Age	18–25	5 (3.5%)	137 (96.5%)
	26–40	23 (14.6%)	134 (85.4%)	4.703 (1.74, 12.7)	6 (1.282–27.5)
	≥41	29 (23.8%)	93 (76.2%)	8.544 (3.2, 22.8)	9 (1.9–44.4)
Marital status	Single	15 (7.4%)	189 (92.6%)
	Married	42 (19.4%)	175 (80.6%)	0.331 (0.18, 0.617)	1.5 (0.692–3.41)
Occupational status	House wife	12 (19.7%)	49 (80.3%)	1.57 (0.63, 3.925)	0.7 (0.184–2.74)
	Unemployed	12 (17.6%)	56 (82.3%)	1.4 (0.551, 3.42)	1.3 (0.380–4.4)
	Daily labour	12 (20.3%)	47 (79.6%)	1.63 (0.651, 4.1)	1.62 (0.5–5.31)
	Merchant	8 (8.4%)	87 (91.6%)	0.59 (0.22–1.575)	0.52 (0.152–1.75)
	Government	10 (13.5%)	64 (86.5%)
	Others	3 (4.7%)	61 (95%)	0.315 (0.08–1.2)	2.3 (0.32–17.4)
Educational status	Have no formal education	24 (21.4%)	88 (78.6%)	1.91 (0.675, 5.402)	1.7 (0.366–7.450)
	Primary/secondary	12 (10.5%)	102 (89.5%)	0.8 (0.29–2.245)	1.03 (0.28–3.8)
	Higher education	16 (10.3%)	139 (89.7%)
Family history of diabetes	Yes	10 (30.3%)	23 (69.7%)	3.154 (1.4, 7.04)	3.14 (1.232–8.02)
	No	47 (12%)	341 (88%)
BMI	<18.5	15 (8.7%)	157 (91.3%)
	18.5–24.9	33 (15%)	188 (85.1%)	1.87 (0.98, 3.57)	1.95 (0.97–3.9)
	≥25	9 (33.3%)	18 (66.7%)	4.74 (1.836, 12.24)	2.72 (0.911–8.105)
TB treatment category	Category 1	43 (12.25%)	308 (87.7%)
	Category 2	14 (20%)	56 (80%)	1.791 (0.92, 3.5)	0.56 (0.261–1.2)
Type of TB	Smear +ve PTB	31 (16.5%)	157 (91.3%)	1.6 (0.735, 3.6)	2.31 (0.87–6.1)
	Smear –ve PTB	17 (11.3%)	133 (88.7%)	1.05 (0.45, 2.5)	1.6 (0.575–4.4)
	EPTB	9 (10.8%)	74 (89.2%)

Significant at; DM = diabetes mellitus; EPTB = extrapulmonary tuberculosis; PTB = pulmonary tuberculosis; TB = tuberculosis.