J Korean Radiol Soc.
1983 Dec;19(4):693-696. 10.3348/jkrs.1983.19.4.693.
A prevalence study of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital visited diabetes patients
- KMID: 2463094
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1983.19.4.693
Abstract
- We reviewed the records of randomly selected 320 diabetic out-patients af Eul-ji Hospital from April 1981through March 1983. Fasting blood sugar (FBS) of 140 mg/dl or more was taken as a criteria of diabetses accordingto the report of National Diabetes Data Group. The resuls are as follows: 1. Mean age of study group was 50.8years-old and the FBS mean value was 22.4 mg/dl. 2. There was no siginificant difference of FBS values oftuberculosis and non-tuberculosis patients . 3. Prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis evaluated by chest films was13.4 percent in diabetes patients. This value is lower than those of other studies but higher than that of urbanpopulation in Korea (p<0.05).
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- The Prevalence of the Radiologically Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Diabetic Patients
- A Clinical Study of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Associated with Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetes and Tuberculosis
- Bidirectional Screening of Tuberculosis Patients for Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes Patients for Tuberculosis
- Trend of Prevalence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis Among Seoul National University Freshmen
