Table 1: Comorbidities in patients with tuberculosis in the study sample.
|
TB and comorbidities
|
Patients 2003
(n=230)
|
Patients 2013
(n=70)
|
|
Smoking
|
118
(51.3)
|
22
(31.4)
|
|
Alcoholism
|
84
(36.5)
|
8
(11.4)
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
28
(12.2)
|
10
(14.2)
|
|
COPD
|
28
(12.2)
|
6
(8.5)
|
|
Malignant diseases
|
15
(6.5)
|
7
(10)
|
|
AIDS
|
1
(0.4)
|
0
(0)
|
|
COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Values expressed as n (%).