Table 3.

Odds ratio and 95% CI of diabetic peripheral neuropathy by the following risk factors in a multivariate model

Factors	P-value for the entire variable	P-value for the specific range	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age <40 years	0.030		1.0
Age 41-59 years		NS	2.3 (0.83-6.22)
Age >60 years		<0.01	4.2 (1.41-12.28)
Oral treatment	0.063		1.0
No medication (diet)		NS	0.3 (0.03-2.82)
Insulin treatment		<0.05	2.0 (1.00-4.03)
Overweight (WHR)	0.006	<0.01	1.0
Low/Normal (WHR)			3.7 (1.47-9.34)
Income >3000 TK	0.093		1.0
Income 801-2 999 TK		<0.05	2.8 (1.01-7.67)
Income <800 TK		<0.05	3.2 (1.09-9.42)
Diabetes duration (continuous)	0.07	0.07	1.2 (0.99-1.40)
HbA1c (continuous)	0.09	0.09	1.1 (0.98-1.31)