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Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes among pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.

Afsana Habib SheulyS M Zahid Hassan ArefinLingkan BaruaMuhammed Shahriar ZamanHasina Akhter Chowdhury
Published in: Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism (2022)
The prevalence of T2D and pre-DM was higher among the patients with PTB, and it (PTB) appeared as a predictor of hyperglycaemia. It indicates the primary intervention should target the patients with PTB to get the maximum benefit of screening to reduce the number of risk factors, disease burden and subsequent complications.
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