Abstract :
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus and Tuberculosis are among the most prevalent chronic diseases in India. The correlation and coexistence of both the diseases are very important as they influence the clinical course and therapeutics of each other.
Material and Methods: It was a cross sectional study conducted on 122 patients of newly diagnosed young sputum positive tuberculosis patients visiting a tertiary care hospital. Selected socio-demographic, laboratory and radiological data were elicited from these patients and recorded in the proforma. After GTT, patients were grouped according to ADA 2003 recommendations of hyperglycaemia into Normal, IFG, IGT and DM was done.
Observation and results: The total number of patients with abnormal blood sugar values (IFG, IGT DM) account for 53.28% of the study group. IGT is significantly high in TB population (31%) when compared to (14%) that in normal population and p value is significant
Keyword :
ADA American Diabetic Association, IFG Impaired Fasting Glycaemia, IGT Impaired Glucose tolerance, OGTT Oral Glucose Tolerance test, DM; Diabetes Mellitus