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Table 5 Showing association between integrated care and Treatment Success and mortality among TB patients, treatment loss to follow up and or stopped and Quarterly FBG checks among DM patients as controlled by sex, age and both age and sex

From: Bidirectional screening and treatment outcomes of diabetes mellitus (DM) and Tuberculosis (TB) patients in hospitals with measures to integrate care of DM and TB and those without integration measures in Malawi

Effects of Integrated Care on Treatment Loss to follow up and or Stopped and quarterly FBG checks among DM patients

Variable

Integrated Healthcare RR (95%CI)

RR (95%CI) controlled by Sex

RR (95%CI) as controlled by age

RR (95%CI) as controlled by both Sex and Age

Treatment Outcomes among TB patients

 Treatment Success

1.8 (1.2,2.7)

1.8 (1.2,2.7)

1.8 (1.2,3.0)

1.8 (1.2,2.8)

 Died TB Patients

1.6 (0.1,24.6)

1.5 (0.1,29.1)

1.6 (0.1,26.2)

1.6 (0.1,30.1)

Probability of screening TB patients for DM

 Screening Likelihood

1.9 (0.2,20.1)

1.9 (0.2,19.4)

2.1 (0.2,25.0)

2.2 (0.2,24.5)

Treatment Outcomes among DM patients

 Loss to follow up, stopped

0.4 (0.1,1.7)

0.4 (0.1,1.7)

0.4 (0.1,1.6)

0.4 (0.1,1.6)

Quarterly Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) Checks

 FBS checked at 6 months

1.6 (1.0,2.7)

1.7 (1.1,2.8)

1.6 (1.0, 2.7)

1.7 (1.0, 2.7)

 FBS checked at 12 months

2.3 (1.2,4.5)

2.4 (1.3,4.6)

2.3 (1.2,4.3)

2.4 (1.3,4.3)