[Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: a longitudinal-retrospective study in a teaching hospital].
We analyzed 1529 diabetic patients seen between 1959 and 1982 at a teaching hospital in Concepción, Chile. 116 of them were insulin dependent diabetics. Gestational diabetes was excluded. The 10 year actuarial risk of acquiring tuberculosis was 24.2% for insulin-dependent diabetics and 4.8% for the rest (p less than 0.001). The risk of the diabetic population as a whole was 5.9% compared to 0.8% for the population at large. Thus, diabetics are a high risk group for tuberculosis, especially insulin-dependent patients whose risk is about 38 times higher than the general population under 40 years of age.
Olmos
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Donoso
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Rojas
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Landeros
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Schurmann
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Retamal
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Meza
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Martinez
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D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000367:Age Factors; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
Tuberculosis y diabetes mellitus: estudio longitudinal-retrospectivo en un hospital docente.