Table 2.

Prevalence of diabetes and its risk factors in the adult population of Afghanistan

Characteristic	Studies	Sample	Cases	Prevalence, % (95%CI)	I2, %	Heterogeneity	P-Egger test
Diabetes	6	7071	889	12.31 (8.86–16.24)	0.957	<  0.001	0.5764
Undiagnosed	4	4697	478	9.70 (4.99–15.74)	0.975	<  0.001	0.1267
By Sex							0.0278
Male	6	3976	379	12.07 (8.98–15.55)	0.877	<  0.0001
Female	6	3095	508	12.56 (8.48–17.29)	0.945	<  0.0001
By Age
25–34	4	1922	179	8.45 (3.65–14.97)	0.952	<  0.0001	0.0359
35–44	4	1179	164	13.02 (7.54–19.70)	0.902	<  0.001
45–54	4	800	140	17.12 (9.42–26.51)	0.907	<  0.001
55+	4	679	131	19.23 (16.20–22.44)	0.078	0.354
By Province							0.1263
Kabul	2	2355	263	11.08 (7.42–15.36)	0.50	<  0.001
Nangarhar	1	1200	536	11.8	–	–
Balkh	1	1231	113	9.18	–	–
Herat	1	1129	112	9.92	–	–
Kandahar	1	1165	261	22.40	–	–