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Table 3 Population based prevalence of Impaired Fasting glucose: Malawi NCD STEPS survey 2009

From: Prevalence and correlates of diabetes mellitus in Malawi: population-based national NCD STEPS survey

 

Men

Women

Both sexes

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

Age group (years):

         

25-34

351

5.4

2.8-8.0

898

2.0

0.9-3.0

1249

3.7

2.1-5.3

35-44

257

6.1

3.2-8.9

544

1.8

0.4-3.3

801

3.9

2.3-5.5

45-54

169

5.3

2.0-8.7

400

4.1

1.9-6.3

569

4.7

2.7-6.6

55-64

134

6.7

2.4-11.0

303

5.4

2.6-8.2

437

6.0

3.2-8.7

25-64

911

5.7

3.9-7.5

2145

2.7

1.6-3.8

3056

4.2

3.0-5.4

  1. Impaired fasting glycaemia was defined as capillary whole blood value: ≥5.6 mmol/L (100 mg/dl) but less than 6.1 mmol/L (110 mg/dl).