Abstract:Objective This study aimed to explore the expression levels of peripheral blood cell analysis and guanylate-binding protein 1 (GBP1) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complicated by tuberculous pleural effusion, and to evaluate the predictive value of these biomarkers on patient prognosis.Methods A total of 115 patients with T2DM complicated by tuberculous pleural effusion, who were admitted to the Tuberculosis Department of the Fifth People's Hospital of Ganzhou City from June 2020 to January 2023, were selected as research subjects. Multifactorial regression analysis was utilized to identify the risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with T2DM complicated by tuberculous pleural effusion. The application value of peripheral serum indicators and GBP1 in the prognosis evaluation of patients was assessed through ROC curve analysis.Results Comparisons between the poor prognosis group and the good prognosis group for levels of WBC, hs-CRP, IL-6, TP, and GBP1 were made using the t-test, and statistically significant differences were observed (P < 0.05). It was found that levels of WBC, hs-CRP, and IL-6 were lower in the good prognosis group compared to the poor prognosis group, whereas levels of TP and GBP1 were higher in the good prognosis group than in the poor prognosis group. Multifactorial regression analysis indicated that high levels of WBC, hs-CRP, and IL-6 were independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with T2DM complicated by tuberculous pleural effusion (P < 0.05), whereas high levels of TP and GBP1 were protective factors for poor prognosis in these patients (P < 0.05). The established prediction model was logit(P) = 23.626 + 0.813 × (WBC) + 0.030 × (hs-CRP) + 0.091 × (IL-6) - 0.456 × (TP) - 1.122 × (GBP1). ROC curve analysis demonstrated that the combined use of peripheral serum indicators and GBP1 for predicting poor prognosis in patients with T2DM complicated by tuberculous pleural effusion had an AUC value of 0.987 (95% CI:0.955, 1.000), sensitivity of 96.4% (95% CI:0.896, 1.000), specificity of 90.8% (95% CI:0.847, 0.969), and Youden's index of 0.861. The calibration curve exhibited good Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit (P = 0.822).Conclusion The expression levels of WBC, hs-CRP, IL-6, TP, and GBP1 are closely related to the prognosis of patients with T2DM complicated by tuberculous pleural effusion and can serve as effective prognostic assessment biomarkers.