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In a cross-sectional study in the United States, people with diabetes had twice the prevalence of latent TB infection
than those without diabetes .
However, whether latent TB infection contributes to diabetes risk has not been established
diabetes infection
Researchers used longitudinal data to determine whether latent tuberculosis infection is associated with an increased incidence of diabetes
.
The researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study among U.
S.
veterans treated by the Veterans Health Administration between 2000 and 2015
.
The researchers included all patients who had undergone a tuberculin skin test (TST) or interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) and had no previous diabetes
management diagnostics
Of the 574,113 eligible patients, 5.
3% underwent concurrent TST/IGRA, 79.
1% underwent TST only, and 15.
6% underwent IGRA only
.
Overall, 6.
Thus, latent tuberculosis infection is associated with an increased incidence of diabetes
.
These results have important implications for patients with latent TB infection, who make up 25% of the global population
Latent tuberculosis infection is associated with an increased incidence of diabetes
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