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. 2014 Apr 30;5(1):225–242. doi: 10.1007/s13300-014-0065-z

Table 3.

Logistic regression—predictors of early discontinuation

Odds ratio 95% confidence interval P value
Lower Upper
Patient characteristics
 Age 0.99 0.99 0.99 <0.001
 Femalea 1.13 1.09 1.16 <0.001
 Northeastb 0.75 0.72 0.78 <0.001
 North Centralb 0.84 0.81 0.87 <0.001
 Westb 0.91 0.87 0.95 <0.001
 Health maintenance organizationc 1.12 1.07 1.17 <0.001
 Point of servicec 1.05 0.99 1.11 0.095
 Other health insurancec 0.97 0.91 1.02 0.239
Pre-period
 Charlson comorbidity index 1.01 1.00 1.02 0.121
 Hospitalized 1.01 0.96 1.06 0.758
 Emergency room visit 1.08 1.04 1.13 <0.001
 Total costs 1.01 1.00 1.01 <0.001
 Microvascular complication 1.03 0.97 1.09 0.367
 Macrovascular complication 0.99 0.94 1.03 0.507
 Depression 1.10 1.01 1.20 0.029
 Obesity 0.92 0.87 0.98 0.006
 Dementia 1.52 0.83 2.80 0.179
 Alcohol use disorder 0.97 0.82 1.15 0.753
 Mental health disorder 1.05 1.00 1.10 0.071
 Use of oral antidiabetic medication 1.13 1.08 1.18 <0.001
 Number of antidiabetic medications classes 0.92 0.90 0.93 <0.001
 Number of classes of all-cause medications 0.99 0.98 0.99 <0.001
 Use of antidepressant 0.84 0.80 0.87 <0.001
 Use of other mental health medications 1.04 1.00 1.09 0.060
Index prescription
 Analogd 0.78 0.74 0.83 <0.001
 Viale 0.73 0.71 0.75 <0.001
 Mixturef 0.74 0.70 0.78 <0.001
 Copayment 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.187

Reference categories: amale, bSouth, cpreferred provider organization, dhuman insulin, epen, fbasal insulin