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. 2021 Jul 12;5(4):693–700. doi: 10.1007/s41669-021-00284-5

Table 2.

Mean cost per participant by item and group (SD) (2017 LKR)

Item P-LSM (n = 1727)
Mean (SD)
Notes C-LSM (n = 1812)
Mean (SD)
Notes
A. Screening 7824 (nc) 7824 (nc)
Tests
 B. FBS 3113 (817) 3205 (775)
 C. OGTT 2127 (558) 2190 (530)
 D. LSM counselling 800 (358) 10.8 sessions (4.8) 309 (80) 4.2 sessions (1.1)
Intervention cost 13,864 (1675) A+B+C+D 13,528 (1382) A + B + C + D
DM-related costs
 DM2 treatment 145 (864) 59 cases 199 (1108) 70 cases
 CVD treatment 99 (4110) 1 case 0 (0) No cases
 Nephropathy 52 (1512) 2 cases 234 (3791) 8 cases
 Hypertension 24 (107) 115 cases 39 (127) 152 cases
 Statin therapy 10 (73) 41 cases 12 (85) 46 cases
Total costs 14,193 (4749) 14,005 (4148)

C-LSM low-intensity annual control LSM intervention, CVD cardiovascular disease, DM2 diabetes mellitus type 2, FBS fasting blood sugars, LKR Sri Lankan Rupees, LSM lifestyle modification, nc not calculated, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test, P-LSM intensive peer-educator–delivered tri-monthly LSM intervention, SD standard deviation

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