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Table 1 Prevalence of raised fasting blood glucose (RFBG) by gender

From: Underestimation of prevalence of raised blood sugar from history compared to biochemical estimation: support for the WHO rule of halves in a population based survey in Eritrea of 2009

Variable

N

Prevalence (%)

Confidence intervals at 95 %

Sex

 Male

1725

8.3

6.4–10.2

 Females

4540

4.3

3.4–5.2

 Both sexes

6265

5.0

4.0–6.0