Sputum conversion after Completion of Intensive Phase Sputum Positive AFB Pulmonary Tuberculosis with DM (n=98) Sputum Positive AFB Pulmonary Tuberculosiswithout DM (n=96) P value (CHITEST) Present 75 (76.53%) 89 (92.70%) p <0.003 Absent 23 (23.47%) 7 (7.30%)

Table 5: Sputum Conversion Status after completion of Intensive phase follow-up of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Study cases