Prevalence and factors associated with diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients: a nationwide cohort

• Author(s): Costa, João Cordeiro da ; Oliveira, Olena Radomska ; Baía, Luís ; Gaio, Rita ; Neves, Margarida Correia ; Duarte, Raquel
• Date: 2016
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/44852
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Ciências Médicas::Medicina Básica; Science & Technology
• Document Type: Letter to the editor
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

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In Press, Corrected Proof

The association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) has been a matter of study worldwide, since it is assumed that DM triples the risk of TB. Recent studies have found discrepant prevalence of DM among TB patients, ranging from 5.3% in Denmark to 44% in India. There is an urgent need to control both epidemics in order to achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) TB elimination goal. To reach this goal, an integrated approach between TB elimination strategies and control of noncommunicable diseases that perpetuate the risk for TB is fundamental.

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