Diabetes Raises TB Risk
Reported July 15, 2008
(Ivanhoe Newswire) People with diabetes are at an increased risk of
developing active tuberculosis, according to a recent analysis.
A study involving 40 years of information shows people with diabetes are three
times more likely to develop active tuberculosis. Researchers at the Harvard
School of Public Health did the analysis of the studies. It included 13 studies
and 1.7 million people around the world.
The increased risk shows diabetes could be responsible for ten percent of the
tuberculosis deaths in India and China. If the findings are the same in other
countries, researchers say special attention should be directed toward people
with diabetes when identifying and treating latent tuberculosis.
SOURCE: PLoS Medicine
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