Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratios of highest tertile HbA_1c^* for medication possession ratio (MPR) and covariates in whole sample and stratified by number of oral glucose lowering agents

	Whole Sample		1 oral glucose lowering agent		≥2 oral glucose lowering agents
Variable	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P
MPR (lowest tertile vs else)	1.7 (1.2, 2.6)	.008	1.1 (0.6, 2.0)	.83	2.7 (1.5, 4.9)	.001
Age (years)	0.9 (0.9, 1.0)	<.001	0.9 (0.9, 1.0)	<.001	1.0 (0.9, 1.0)	.13
Male sex	1.2 (0.8, 1.9)	.37	1.3 (0.7, 2.4)	.47	1.1 (0.6, 2.1)	.67
Insulin use	2.1 (1.3, 3.4)	.002	3.6 (1.8, 7.2)	<.001	1.4 (0.7, 2.7)	.34
Spanish preferred	0.6 (0.3, 1.0)	.07	0.4 (0.1, 0.9)	.02	0.8 (0.3, 1.9)	.63
Foreign born	0.8 (0.5, 1.3)	.30	0.8 (0.4, 1.7)	.60	0.8 (0.4, 1.7)	.60
Income ≤ 30,000 (U.S. $)	0.8 (0.5, 1.2)	.26	0.9 (0.5, 1.7)	.69	0.7 (0.4, 1.2)	.18
Diabetes > 10 years	1.2 (0.8, 1.9)	.36	1.0 (0.5, 2.1)	.93	1.3 (0.7, 2.3)	.40
Body mass index (kg/m2)	1.0 (0.9, 1.0)	.09	1.0 (0.9, 1.0)	.69	1.0 (0.9, 1.0)	.14
TV > 2 hours/day	1.9 (1.2, 2.8)	.003	2.0 (1.0, 3.8)	.04	1.7 (1.0, 3.0)	.06
Taking blood pressure pills	0.8 (0.5, 1.2)	.19	0.5 (0.3, 1.0)	.03	1.1 (0.6, 2.1)	.68
Taking cholesterol pills	0.9 (0.6, 1.3)	.55	0.9 (0.5, 1.6)	.63	0.9 (0.5, 1.5)	.64
≥2 oral glucose lowering agents	1.1 (0.7, 1.6)	0.64	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

^*HbA_1c ≥ 9.3%

MPR, Medication possession ratio; HbA_1c, glycated hemoglobin