Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of individuals with previously diagnosed diabetes and those identified with RBS > 200 mg/dl through screening in the private-sector in Karachi, Pakistan, from July 2016 to July 2018
| Total n (%) |
RBS > 200 n (%) |
Known case of DM n (%) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 3824 | 1428 (37.3%) | 2396 (62.7%) | < 0.005 |
| Male | 2202 | 777 (35.3%) | 1425 (64.7%) | |
| Female | 1622 | 651 (40.1%) | 971 (59.9%) | |
| Age | < 0.001 | |||
| 15–20 | 85 | 46 (54.1%) | 39 (45.9%) | |
| 20–39 | 673 | 328 (48.7%) | 345 (51.3%) | |
| 40–59 | 1892 | 696 (36.8%) | 1196 (63.2%) | |
| > 60 | 1175 | 358 (30.5%) | 817 (69.5%) | |
| Source of referral | < 0.001 | |||
| Community Camps | 1288 | 430 (33.4%) | 858 (66.6%) | |
| Others (hospitals, NGOs) | 331 | 108 (32.6%) | 223 (67.4%) | |
| Sefl-referred | 903 | 268 (29.7%) | 635 (70.3%) | |
| Private provider | 1302 | 622 (47.8%) | 680 (52.2%) | |
| TB diagnosis | < 0.001 | |||
| No TB detected | 3449 | 1373 (39.8%) | 2076 (60.2%) | |
| MTB + ve | 241 | 28 (11.6%) | 213 (88.4%) | |
| Clinical diagnosis | 134 | 26 (19.4%) | 108 (80.6%) | |
| Total TB | 375 | 54 (14.4%) | 321 (85.6%) |