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Table 3 Association of the Physical Measurements and diabetic status of the respondents

From: Study of the magnitude of diabetes and its associated risk factors among the tuberculosis patients of Morang, Eastern Nepal

Characteristics

TB only (n = 282)

TB-DM (n = 38)

Total (n = 320)

P-value

BMI

 Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2)

146 (51.8%)

22 (57.9%)

168 (52.5%)

0.738a

 Ideal Weight (18.5–22.9 kg/m2)

105 (37.2%)

11 (28.9%%)

116 (36.2%)

 

 Overweight (≥23 kg/m2)

31 (11.0%)

5 (13.2%)

36 (11.3)

 

Waist-to-Hip ratio

 Male

Obesity

65 (32.7%)

10 (40.0%)

75 (33.5%)

0.464b

Normal

134 (67.3%)

15 (60.0%)

149 (66.5%)

 

 Female

Obesity

47 (56.6%)

6 (46.2%)

53 (55.2%)

0.480b

Normal

36 (43.4%)

7 (53.8%)

43 (44.8%)

 

Blood Pressure

 Normal

151 (53.5%)

23 (60.5%)

174 (54.4%)

0.879a

 Pre-hypertension

81 (28.7%)

6 (15.8%)

87 (27.2%)

 

 Stage 1 Hypertension

47 (16.7%)

9 (23.7%)

56 (17.5%)

 

 Stage 2 Hypertension

3 (1.1%)

0

3 (0.9%)

 

Mean Systolic Blood Pressure

117.23 ± 16.86

115.53 ± 18.41

0.562c

Mean Diastolic Blood Pressure

75.92 ± 10.30

74.21 ± 10.81

0.340c

  1. “a” Liner-by-Linear Association, “b” Pearson Chi-Square, “c” Independent Samples T Test