Research Article
Treatment Gaps Found in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes at a Community Health Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa
Table 2
Intermediate outcomes: patients with T2DM attending the Hillbrow Community Health Centre.
| | Characteristic | Number of patients and % of those achieving target (no missing values) | Number of patients and % of those achieving target (total group) |
| | HbA1c (<7%), n (%) | 69 (19.3) | 69 (13.3) | | Systolic BP (<140 mmHg), n (%) | 261 (52.7) | 261 (50.3) | | Diastolic BP (<80 mmHg), n (%) | 142 (28.7) | 142 (27.4) | | Combined BP (<140/80 mmHg), n (%) | 109 (22.0) | 109 (21.0) | | TC (<4.5 mmol/l), n (%) | 202 (65.6) | 202 (38.9) | | TG (<1.7 mmol/l), n (%) | 197 (64.0) | 197 (38.0) | | LDL-C (<2.5 mmol/l), n (%) | 171 (56.3) | 171 (32.9) | | HDL-C (>1 mmol/l in men), n (%) | 162 (52.6) | 162 (31.2) | | HDL-C (>1.2 mmol/l in women), n (%) | 73 (23.7) | 73 (14.1) |
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BP: blood pressure; HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride.
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