Association between body mass index and diabetes mellitus in tuberculosis patients in China: a community based cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Jing Cai (Author), Aiguo Ma (Author), Qiuzhen Wang (Author), Xiuxia Han (Author), Shanliang Zhao (Author), Yu Wang (Author), Evert G. Schouten (Author), Frans J. Kok (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We planned to determine the association of body mass index (BMI) with diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in Chinese pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients. Methods 3,505 newly-diagnosed PTB patients registered in PTB clinics in Linyi of China between Septemb...