Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes among Newly Detected Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in China: A Community Based Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Patients with type 2 diabetes (DM) have a higher risk of developing pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB); moreover, DM co-morbidity in PTB is associated with poor PTB treatment outcomes. Community based prevalence data on DM and prediabetes (pre-DM) among TB patients is lacking, particularly fro...

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Main Authors: Wang, Qiuzhen, Ma, Aiguo, Han, Xiuxia, Zhao, Shanliang, Cai, Jing, Ma, Yunbo, Zhao, Jie, Wang, Yuwen, Dong, Huaifeng, Zhao, Zhenlei, Wei, Lai, Yu, Tao, Chen, Peixue, Schouten, Evert G., Kok, Frans J., Kapur, Anil
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867381/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367535
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082660
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