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SUBMITTER: Wagnew F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5952828 | biostudies-other | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wagnew Fasil F Eshetie Setegn S Alebel Animut A Dessie Getenet G Tesema Cheru C Abajobir Amanuel Alemu AA
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<h4>Objective</h4>This systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of tuberculosis in diabetic patients and to determine the effect of cigarette smoking.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 15 studies was included in the meta-analysis. The pooled overall prevalence of tuberculosis in diabetes was 4.72% (95% CI 3.62-5.83%). In sub-group analyses, the prevalence was 5.13% (95% CI 4.34-5.92%) in Africa, followed by 4.16% (95% CI 2.9-5.4%) in Asia. The odd ratio of tuberculos ...[more]