title: Non-communicable disease comorbidities and risk factors among tuberculosis patients, Meghalaya, India.
abstract: We did cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of tobacco, alcohol use, hypertension and diabetes among tuberculosis (TB) patients in comparison to the non-TB patients in East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, India. We surveyed 110 TB patients attending outpatient TB clinic and 110 age/sex matched non-TB subjects from the general outpatient department as comparison group. Prevalence of ever smoking was 74.5% and 55.4%; alcohol consumption 31.0% and 22.3%; hypertension 24.5% and 17.3%; diabetes 7.5%, 4.5% among TB patients and non-TB subjects, respectively. NCD and TB programmes need integration in the primary care for screening, counselling and treatment of NCD comorbidities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Meghalaya, East Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India.
authors.forename: Bibha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marak
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Epidemiology (Indian Council of Medical Research), Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai, India. Electronic address: kprabhdeep@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prabhdeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Epidemiology (Indian Council of Medical Research), Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Sudha R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Sriram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selvaraju
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diabetes; Hypertension; India; Tobacco; Tuberculosis