Abstract: Objective To investigate the nutrition status in the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and diabetes mellitus (DM), and to explore the nutrition improvement advice for these patients. Methods patients were divided into 3 groups: PTB and DM group, PTB group, and normal public group. Four parameters were chosen to analyze the nutrition status, including body mass index (BMI), hemoglobin (Hb), total lymphocyte count (TLC), and serum albumin. ResultsThe incidence of malnutrition according of PTB and DM group was 45%～78.3%, PTB group was 38.3%～75%, normal public group was 1.8%. Significant difference was found in these four parameters in the PTB and DM group and normal public group, similarly PTB group and normal public group have significant difference. The incidence of malnutrition according to HB, ALB of the PTB and DM group was higher than that in the PTB group. ConclusionsThe incidence of malnutrition is higher in the patients with PTB and DM, and also in the patients of PTB,and put forward the nutrition improvement advice for these patients.

Key words: Pulmonary tuberculosis/complication, Diabetes, Nutrition