Association of Selected Cardiovascular Markers With Tuberculosis: Community-Based Exploratory Cross-Sectional Analytical Study in Puducherry.

Introduction India accounts for one-fourth of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden and also faces a rising burden of non-communicable diseases. Only a few have studied the association between the infective pathogenesis of TB and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Methods A cross-sectional exploratory analytical design was used to compare CVD risk factors and immunological and radiological parameters.