TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence and factors associated with diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients: a nationwide cohort JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 264 LP - 268 DO - 10.1183/13993003.00254-2016 VL - 48 IS - 1 AU - João Cordeiro da Costa AU - Olena Oliveira AU - Luís Baía AU - Rita Gaio AU - Margarida Correia-Neves AU - Raquel Duarte Y1 - 2016/07/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/48/1/264.abstract N2 - The association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) has been a matter of study worldwide, since it is assumed that DM triples the risk of TB [1]. Recent studies have found discrepant prevalence of DM among TB patients, ranging from 5.3% in Denmark [2] to 44% in India [3]. There is an urgent need to control both epidemics in order to achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) TB elimination goal [4]. To reach this goal, an integrated approach between TB elimination strategies and control of noncommunicable diseases that perpetuate the risk for TB is fundamental [5].In a Portuguese TB cohort, diabetes mellitus was associated with older age and no HIV infection or drug consumption http://ow.ly/10EoN1 ER -