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Table 5 Progress through the care cascades for people with overt increased risk as compared with the rest

From: Hypertension and diabetes in Zanzibar – prevalence and access to care

 

At increased risk

No increased risk

chi2

p

Total population

1211 (56.4%)

935 (43.6%)

Had been tested for HTN

700 (54.8%)

451 (44.8%)

21.4

< 0.001

Had been tested for DM

276 (22.8%)

106 (11.3%)

47.3

< 0.001

Had been tested for both HTN and DM

254 (21.0%)

96 (10.3%)

44.3

< 0.001

Had achieved control of BP

56 (31.5%)

16 (36.4%)

0.4

0,534

Had achieved control of BG

12 (37.5%)

1 (20.0%)

Had HTN

592 (44.8%)

221 (22.6%)

116.6

< 0.001

Had DM

94 (7.2%)

20 (2.0%)

32.3

< 0.001

  1. Proportion of people with increased risk that had HTN or DM, had been tested for HTN, DM, or both HTN and DM, and, among the subgroup which had HTN or DM, had achieved control of blood pressure (BP) or blood glucose (BG)