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Table 2 Distribution of IFG and type 2 diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes and untreated diabetes overall, by gender and by milieu (n = 7700)

From: Prevalence of diabetes in Northern African countries: the case of Tunisia

 

Urban

Rural

Urban vs. Rural

National

 

n

%1

n

%1

p-value2

n

%1

Men

       

 T2D

345

18.9

138

10.2

< 0.001

519

16.1

 Impaired FG

121

6.5

76

5.5

32

6.2

 Undiagnosed T2D3

329

53.3

135

60.7

0.23

464

54.8

 Untreated T2D4

146

9.9

55

8.4

0.75

201

9.6

Women

       

 T2D

419

16.6

179

9.2

< 0.001

631

14.1

 Impaired FG

154

6.1

89

4.6

251

5.6

 Undiagnosed T2D3

421

47.2

172

47.2

0.99

593

47.2

 Untreated T2D4

226

13.7

90

12.9

0.87

316

13.5

Both genders

       

 T2D

778

17.7

320

9.7

< 0.001

116

15.1

 Impaired FG

277

6.3

165

5.0

454

5.9

 Undiagnosed T2D3

750

50.4

307

53.9

0.43

1057

51.1

 Untreated T2D4

372

11.9

145

11.0

0.81

517

11.7

  1. 1- Weighted percentage.
  2. 2- p-value for urban vs. rural.
  3. 3- % of diabetes cases not diagnosed prior to the survey: n is total number of observed diabetes cases.
  4. 4- % of untreated diabetes cases: n is number of diabetes cases diagnosed prior to the survey and for which treatment information (regarding insulin and/or oral hypoglycemic drugs) was available.