Designing a comprehensive Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) programme for hypertension and diabetes at primary health care level: evidence and experience from urban Karnataka, South India

Table 3 Prevalence of high blood sugar

Category	Total		Gender break up					Age break up
Category	Total		Men		Women		P	18 to 34 years		35 to 49 years		50 y and above		P
	n	%	n	%	n	%		n	%	N	%	n	%
Total individuals assessed	32,355	99.26	15,532	48.00	16,823	52.00		14,662	45.32	10,422	32.2	7271	22.47
High blood sugar detected through screening test^a (newly detected)	1916	5.92	870	5.60	1046	6.22	0.02	296	2.02	743	7.13	877	12.06	< 0.001
High blood sugar previously detected (confirmed diabetics)	2034	6.24	984	6.31	1050	6.18	0.63	47	0.32	551	5.26	1436	19.67	< 0.001
Total	3950	12.12	1854	11.88	2096	12.33	0.21	343	2.31	1294	12.36	2313	31.68	< 0.001

^aNote: Screening test used random blood sugar (RBS) value of more than 140 mg/dl as high blood sugar as per national guidelines

ISSN: 1471-2458