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

Table 5.

Logistic regression—predictors of restart among early discontinuers

Odds ratio 95% confidence interval P value
Lower Upper
Patient characteristics
 Age 1.01 1.01 1.01 <0.001
 Femalea 1.07 1.00 1.14 0.041
 Northeast regionb 1.06 0.95 1.17 0.301
 North Central regionb 1.16 1.07 1.26 <0.001
 West regionb 1.03 0.93 1.13 0.574
 Health maintenance organizationc 1.07 0.98 1.17 0.152
 Point of servicec 1.02 0.90 1.14 0.808
 Other health insurancec 0.97 0.86 1.10 0.619
Pre-period
 Charlson comorbidity index 0.98 0.96 1.01 0.160
 Hospitalized 0.68 0.62 0.75 <0.001
 Emergency room visit 0.88 0.81 0.95 0.002
 Total costs 0.99 0.98 1.00 <0.001
 Microvascular complication 1.20 1.05 1.37 0.006
 Macrovascular complication 1.01 0.91 1.11 0.921
 Depression 1.18 0.98 1.42 0.077
 Obesity 0.87 0.78 0.97 0.015
 Dementia 0.98 0.37 2.57 0.960
 Alcohol use disorder 0.90 0.67 1.21 0.485
 Mental health disorder 0.92 0.83 1.02 0.099
 Use of oral antidiabetic medication 1.19 1.07 1.31 <0.001
 Number of antidiabetic medications classes 1.11 1.07 1.16 <0.001
 Number of classes of all-cause medications 1.04 1.03 1.05 <0.001
 Use of antidepressant 1.12 1.01 1.24 0.034
 Use of other mental health medications 0.95 0.87 1.05 0.343
Index prescription
 Analogd 0.90 0.80 1.00 0.058
 Viale 0.70 0.66 0.75 <0.001
 Mixturef 0.80 0.73 0.89 <0.001
 Copayment 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.001

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