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. 2012 Dec 12;2(4):145–147. doi: 10.5588/pha.12.0058

TABLE 2.

Screening of TB patients in Fiji with no known DM using RBG, 2011

Characteristic Total n RBG performed n (%) RBG ≥ 6.1 mmol/l n (%)
All patients 120 91 (76) 47 (52)
Sex
 Male 64 43 (67) 25 (58)
 Female 56 48 (86) 22 (46)
Age, years
 0–14 6 3 (50) 2 (67)
 15–54 99 76 (77) 38 (50)
 ≥55 15 12 (80) 7 (58)
Ethnicity
 Fijian 84 62 (74) 34 (55)
 Indo-Fijian 15 13 (87) 4 (31)
 Others 21 16 (76) 9 (56)
TB type
 Pulmonary TB 93 73 (78) 37 (51)
 Extra-pulmonary TB 27 18 (67) 10 (56)

TB = tuberculosis; DM = diabetes mellitus; RBG = random blood glucose.