Table 3.
Comparison of means of some variables between the three levels of adherence among study patients at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital
| Sum of Squares | df | Mean Square | F | p-value | ||
| HbA1c | Between Groups | 50.519 | 2 | 25.260 | 9.049 | .003 |
| Within Groups | 36.290 | 13 | 2.792 | |||
| Total | 86.809 | 15 | ||||
| Mean number of drugs | Between Groups | 2.846 | 2 | 1.423 | .785 | .458 |
| Within Groups | 213.848 | 118 | 1.812 | |||
| Total | 216.694 | 120 | ||||
| Fasting Plasma | Between Groups | 10.580 | 2 | 5.290 | .486 | .616 |
| Glucose | Within Groups | 1109.207 | 102 | 10.875 | ||
| Total | 1119.787 | 104 | ||||
| Cost of medications | Between Groups | 1.784E7 | 2 | 8922409.439 | .445 | .642 |
| Within Groups | 2.347E9 | 117 | 2.006E7 | |||
| Total | 2.365E9 | 119 | ||||
| Duration of illness | Between Groups | 12.259 | 2 | 6.130 | .161 | .851 |
| Within Groups | 4061.705 | 107 | 37.960 | |||
| Total | 4073.964 | 109 | ||||
| Monthly income | Between Groups | .798 | 2 | .399 | .462 | .631 |
| Within Groups | 96.733 | 112 | .864 | |||
| Total | 97.530 | 114 | ||||
| AGE | Between Groups | 377.306 | 2 | 188.653 | 1.741 | .180 |
| Within Groups | 12893.317 | 119 | 108.347 | |||
| Total | 13270.623 | 121 | ||||
HbA1c = blood glycosylated haemoglobin concentration
df = degrees of freedom
F = F-ratio