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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2014 Oct 13;29(2):288–294. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.10.003

Table 4.

Impact of Concordant and Discordant Conditions on Diabetes Control Goal Achievement (n=23,430)

Diabetes Control Goal Achieved

HbA1c Control
LDL Cholesterol
Control
Blood Pressure
Control
All Control
(HbA1c, LDL, BP)
Number of
Comorbid
Conditions
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value
Concordant
comorbid
conditions
 0-1 -- -- -- --
 2-3 1.2 (1.1-
1.3)
<0.00
1*
1.5 (1.4-1.6) <0.00
1*
0.80 (0.76-
0.87)
<0.00
1*
1.21 (1.1-1.3) <0.00
1*
 4+ 1.4 (1.2-
1.6)
<0.00
1*
1.8 (1.6-2.0) <0.00
1*
0.90 (0.82-0.99) 0.037* 1.44 (1.3-1.6) <0.00
1*
Discordant
comorbid
conditions
 0-1 -- --
 2-3 1.2 (1.1-
1.3)
<0.00
1*
1.0 (0.95-
1.1)
0.587 1.1 (1.002-
1.1)
0.044* 1.1 (0.98-
1.14)
0.169
 4+ 1.4 (1.3-
1.6)
<0.00
1*
0.90 (0.83-
1.01)
0.077 1.1 (1.0005-
1.2)
0.049* 1.1 (1.003-
1.25)
0.045
*

Adjusted for age, sex, race, insurance, having Medicaid ever, number of face-to-face office visits in the baseline year, patient rural-urban commuting area, percent with diabetes in patient's county, percent with diabetes in patient's county who achieved HbA1c testing, percent below poverty line in patient's zip code, percent without high school education in patient's zip code, health system

*

p value < 0.05