Table 3.

Symptom Differences and Duration of Diabetes

Symptom	OR	SE	Lower CI	Upper CI	p
Difficulty breathing
Short term vs. no diabetes	0.50	0.19	0.21	1.22	0.06
Long term vs. no diabetes	2.94	1.24	1.07	8.05	0.01
Long- vs. short-term diabetes	5.84	3.01	1.70	20.01	0.00
Hyperventilating
Short-term vs. no diabetes	0.85	0.38	0.30	2.44	0.72
Long-term vs. no diabetes	2.48	0.97	0.97	6.30	0.02
Long- vs. short-term diabetes	2.90	1.52	0.82	10.20	0.04
Indigestion
Short-term vs. no diabetes	1.93	0.72	0.79	4.74	0.08
Long-term vs. no diabetes	0.54	0.25	0.17	1.65	0.19
Long- vs. short-term diabetes	0.28	0.15	0.08	1.04	0.02
Unusual fatigue
Short-term vs. no diabetes	1.46	0.54	0.61	3.51	0.30
Long-term vs. no diabetes	2.73	1.20	0.96	7.79	0.02
Long- vs. short-term diabetes	1.87	0.98	0.53	6.58	0.24

Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

p ≤ .0167.