PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mohammad Abdulrazaq
AU  - Abdulla Alfarttoosi
TI  - Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in new tuberculosis cases in Baghdad
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.congress-2015.PA2726
DP  - 2015 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - PA2726
VI  - 46
IP  - suppl 59
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA2726.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/suppl_59/PA2726.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2015 Sep 01; 46
AB  - Background: Tuberculosis is a public health problem. Conditions that interfere with immunity increase the risk of tuberculosis, and diabetes mellitus are thought to fit into this category of risk-enhancing diseases. Prevalence of DM has risen over the past decades.Tuberculosis when occurs with diabetics causes more mortalityObjective: find Prevalence of DM in TB casesMethods: A cross sectional study was done in Baghdad during the period August 2010 – May 2011. Any patient attending during the study period diagnosed as a new case of TB was enrolled in this study. A total number of 326 TB patients were enrolled in this study. 28 diabetic TB cases and 298 non diabetic TB cases .A full medical history , physical examination and Blood sugar tests was done for each patientResults: Age mean for the diabetic group was 51.9±12.4year while for non diabetic was 35.8±15.0, with significant difference .In all groups male gender exceeds female gender .85.7 % of diabetic group was pulmonary TB while for non diabetic group the percentage was 73.5 % .For diabetic group, Cough Duration mean was 11. 5±13.6 weeks, while for non diabetic group, it was 7.0±5.6 weeks with significant difference .37.5% of diabetic group presented with Hemoptysis while 16.0 % of non diabetic group presented with Hemoptysis with significant difference .The Prevalence of diabetes among all TB patients was 8.6%, The Prevalence of diabetes among male TB patients was 8.5%, and The Prevalence of diabetes among female was 8.7%Conclusions: The Prevalence of diabetes among TB patients was 8.6%, diabetic group of TB was older in age with longer duration of cough. Pulmonary TB diabetic cases more likely to have hemoptysis in comparison to non-diabetic cases.