Diabetes Mellitus and HIV Infection among Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in the North West Region of Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Signs and symptoms, imaging results, and bacteriology among TB/HIV/DM coinfected and comorbidity cases.

Characteristics	Total	TB cases coinfected with HIV and comorbidity with DM	%	value	OR (95% CI)
Cough ≥2 weeks
Yes	515	105	20.39	<0.0001	4.866 (3.170–7.404)
No	600	30	5.00
Fever ≥2 weeks
Yes	210	75	35.71	<0.0001	7.824 (5.336–11.36)
No	905	60	6.63
Chest pain ≥2 weeks
Yes	155	120	77.42	<0.0001	114.3 (59.78–207.1)
No	515	15	2.91
Diagnostic methods
Chest X-ray abnormality	135	10	7.41	0.018	N/A
Positive smear	705	100	14.18
Positive culture	275	25	9.09
Household member ever treated for TB
Yes	275	25	9.09	0.088	0.6636 (0.4150–1.053)
No	840	110	13.10