Operationalization of bi-directional screening for tuberculosis and diabetes in private sector healthcare clinics in Karachi, Pakistan

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients identified as pre-diabetics and diabetics through community-based screening

Characteristics	Cases diagnosed with Pre-diabetes		Newly diagnosed cases of Diabetes		Previously known cases of Diabetes				Total
	Cases diagnosed with Pre-diabetes		Newly diagnosed cases of Diabetes		Uncontrolled		Controlled		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total Number of patients	726	100	547	100	901	100	279	100	2453	100
Sex
Male	334	46	236	43.1	359	39.8	100	35.8	1029	41.9
Female	392	54	311	56.9	542	60.2	179	64.2	1424	58.1
Age
< 30	74	10.2	29	5.3	28	3.1	28	10	159	6.5
30–39	195	26.9	98	17.9	129	14.3	51	18.3	473	19.2
40–49	221	30.4	176	32.2	284	31.5	58	20.8	739	30.2
50–59	135	18.6	151	27.6	284	31.5	87	31.2	657	26.8
60–69	72	9.9	68	12.4	140	15.6	32	11.5	312	12.8
> 70	29	4.0	25	4.6	36	4.0	23	8.2	113	4.5
Family History of Diabetes
Yes	265	36.5	199	36.4	402	44.6	107	38.4	994	40.5
No	461	63.5	348	63.6	499	55.4	172	61.6	1459	59.5
Current or Previous Smoking History
Yes	88	12.1	55	10.1	32	3.6	37	13.3	212	8.6
No	638	87.9	492	89.9	869	96.4	242	86.7	2241	91.4
Ethnicity
Sindhi	29	4.0	9	1.6	15	1.7	9	3.2	62	2.5
Balochi	09	1.2	5	0.9	8	0.9	4	1.4	26	1.1
Punjabi	21	2.9	18	3.3	25	2.8	20	7.2	84	3.4
Pathan	127	17.5	89	16.3	96	10.7	111	39.8	423	17.2
Muhajir	518	71.3	367	67.1	734	81.5	110	39.4	1729	70.5
Other	22	3.0	59	10.8	23	2.6	25	9.0	129	5.3
History of Hypertension
Yes	210	28.9	75	13.7	273	30.3	171	61.3	728	29.7
No	516	71.1	472	86.3	628	69.7	109	38.7	1725	70.3

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