Imaging Features of Tuberculosis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Dalian 2018-2023

Dalian Public Health Clinical Center collected clinical and pulmonary CT imaging data from 364 patients between 2018 and 2023. The dataset compares four patient groups: primary type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with rifampicin-resistant/multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (T2DM RR/MDR-TB), non-diabetic patients with RR/MDR-TB, T2DM patients with drug-susceptible tuberculosis, and pure drug-susceptible TB patients without diabetes. It was authored by Yuhua Zhao and published on figshare.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk imaging factors (e.g., multiple cavities) for type 2 diabetes in RR/MDR-TB patients.
• Analyze correlations between glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and specific CT findings like large nodules or pleural effusion.
• Compare demographic and clinical features (e.g., BMI, smoking rates) across different tuberculosis and diabetes patient cohorts.

Strengths

• Contains data from 364 patients across four distinct clinical groups for comparative analysis.
• Includes specific imaging features analyzed, such as large nodules, patchy opacities, and multiple cavities, with associated p-values.
• Data covers a 5-year period (2018-2023) from a single clinical center.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single clinical center in Dalian.

Provenance

Source

Dalian Public Health Clinical Center

Collection Method

Clinical data and pulmonary CT findings were collected from patient records.

Time Range

2018 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 05:34:18; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Dalian, China