Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population, by community

	Overall n=108 (%)	Community ‘A’ n=43 (%)	Community ‘B’ n=24 (%)	Community ‘C’ n=25 (%)	Community ‘D’ n=16 (%)
Male	37 (34)	19 (44)	5 (21)	6 (24)	7 (44)
Median age (years) (IQR) (n=101)	59 (50–72)	59 (54–72)	54 (48–70)	61 (54–73)	55 (50–71)
Has a radio	66 (61)	30 (70)	12 (50)	17 (68)	7 (44)
Has a car or motorcycle	29 (27)	8 (19)	6 (25)	11 (44)	4 (25)
Type of remuneration for work
Salary	6 (6)	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (4)	4 (25)
Day labour	31 (29)	15 (35)	9 (38)	5 (20)	2 (13
None	71 (66)	27 (63)	15 (63)	19 (76)	10 (63)
Diabetes diagnosis	56 (52)	29 (67)	12 (50)	6 (24)	9 (56)
Hypertension diagnosis	77 (71)	34 (79)	12 (50)	23 (92)	8 (50)
Person on whom I rely most for support:
Spouse	74 (69)	29 (67)	20 (83)	13 (52)	12 (75)
Child	12 (11)	4 (9)	1 (4)	5 (20)	2 (13)
Other relative	18 (17)	9 (21)	3 (13)	4 (16)	2 (13)
Neighbour	4 (4)	1 (2)	0 (0)	3 (12)	0 (0)
Controlled diabetes and/or hypertension	41 (38)	18 (42)	6 (25)	15 (60)	2 (13)
Optimally adherent – 5 day recall	45 (42)	23 (53)	8 (33)	8 (32)	6 (38)
Optimally adherent—30-day recall	54 (50)	28 (65)	11 (46)	7 (28)	8 (50)
Optimally adherent— adherence behaviour	51 (47)	25 (58)	10 (42)	8 (32)	8 (50)