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Table 5 Population attributable fraction of prevalent tuberculosis to hyperglycaemia for Zambian and Western Cape communities, stratified by age, using random blood glucose concentration cut-off 11.1 mmol/L

From: The association of hyperglycaemia with prevalent tuberculosis: a population-based cross-sectional study

Age (years)

Zambia

Western Cape

Hyperglycaemia prevalence (%)

PAF (95% CI)

Hyperglycaemia prevalence (%)

PAF (95% CI)

18–24

0.42

0.00 (0.00–0.96)

0.27

0.16 (0.00–0.52)

25–29

0.51

0.00 (0.00–1.16)

0.42

0.24 (0.00–0.70)

30–34

1.22

0.00 (0.00–2.72)

0.75

0.43 (0.00–1.05)

35–39

1.18

0.00 (0.00–2.63)

2.04

1.18 (0.07–2.28)

40–49

2.27

0.00 (0.00–4.95)

4.26

2.47 (0.67–4.24)

50–59

4.69

0.00 (0.00–9.88)

7.76

4.50 (1.70–7.22)

60+

4.60

0.00 (0.00–9.70)

8.65

5.01 (1.97–7.97)

Total

1.45

0.00 (0.00–3.21)

2.83

1.64 (0.28–2.99)

  1. PAF population attributable fraction, CI confidence interval; Hyperglycaemia defined as a random blood glucose concentration ≥11.1 mmol/L; Negative PAFs were given a value of zero