Tuberculosis-diabetes epidemiology in the border and non-border regions of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a re-emerging risk factor for TB development and adverse TB outcomes. As a follow-up of our previous study in 1998-2004, we reassessed prevalence of DM and its associated factors among 8,431 TB patients using surveillance data from 2006-2013 for the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across the border with Texas. Prevalence of DM was 25.2%, with an increase of at least 2.8% over the study period. Newly discovered factors associated with TB-DM (versus no DM) were lower education and higher unemployment (p
Source: Tuberculosis - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Bassent E. Abdelbary, Moncerrato Garcia-Viveros, Horacio Ramirez-Oropesa, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Blanca I. Restrepo Source Type: research
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