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As many as 50 per cent of people with tuberculosis in Tamil Nadu are either diabetic or have pre-diabetes, a study conducted by a city hospital has found. The study also found that most of the diabetics had the infectious form of pulmonary TB.
The study, which was conducted on 800 known TB patients registered with the government?s TB centres in Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts, revealed that 25.3 per cent of those studied had diabetes, while another 24 .5 per cent of TB sufferers had pre-diabetes, which is a condition with abnormal glucose mechanism and insulin resistance, usually a precursor to full-fledged diabetes.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/50-tb-patients-have-diabetes-study-128
The study, which was conducted on 800 known TB patients registered with the government?s TB centres in Chennai, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts, revealed that 25.3 per cent of those studied had diabetes, while another 24 .5 per cent of TB sufferers had pre-diabetes, which is a condition with abnormal glucose mechanism and insulin resistance, usually a precursor to full-fledged diabetes.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/chennai/50-tb-patients-have-diabetes-study-128