Table 2.
Univariate analysis of factors associated with good glycemic control.
| Variable | Total n = 369 |
Good control n = 72 |
Poor control n = 297 |
Odds ratio with 95% CI |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | M ± SD 56.38 (10.36) |
M ± SD 58.9 ± 10.6 |
M ± SD 55.5 ± 11.0 |
0.97 (0.945–0.995) | <0.05 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 163 (44.2) | 38 (52.8) | 125 (42.1) | Reference | |
| Female | 206 (55.8) | 34 (47.2) | 172 (57.9) | 1.538 (0.917–2.579) | 0.103 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Single | 28 (7.3) | 12 (16.6) | 16 (5.4) | 0.537 (0.12–2.404) | 0.416 |
| Married | 341 (92.7) | 60 (83.3) | 281 (94.6) | ||
| Duration of DM | |||||
| ⩽7 years | 169 (45.8) | 42 (58.3) | 127 (42.8) | Reference | |
| >7 years | 200 (54.2) | 30 (41.7) | 170 (57.2) | 1.874 (1.112–3.158) | <0.05 |
| Complications | |||||
| No | 169 (45.8) | 33 (45.8) | 136 (45.8) | Reference | |
| Yes | 200 (54.2) | 39 (54.2) | 161 (54.2) | 1.002 (0.597–1.679) | 0.995 |
| Type of medication | |||||
| Oral | 241 (65.3) | 58 (80.6) | 183 (61.6) | Reference | <0.05 |
| Insulin | 85 (23) | 9 (12.5) | 76 (25.6) | 2.676 (1.262–5.674) | <0.05 |
| Both | 43 (11.7) | 5 (6.9) | 38 (12.8) | 2.409 (0.906–6.406) | 0.078 |
| Previous hospitalization | |||||
| No | 321 (87) | 65 (90.3) | 256 (86.2) | Reference | |
| Yes | 48 (13) | 7 (9.7) | 41 (13.8) | 0.672 (0.288–1.568) | 0.358 |
| Health literacy | |||||
| Yes | 353 (95.7) | 67 (93.1) | 286 (96.3) | 1.9 (0.7–5.8) | 0.183 |
| No | 16 (4.3) | 5 (6.9) | 11 (3.7) | Reference | |
| Morisky score | |||||
| 0 | 214 (58) | 48 (66.7) | 166 (55.9) | 2.313 (0.282–4.557) | 0.120 |
| 1–2 | 146 (39.6) | 23 (31.9) | 123 (41.4) | 1.546 (0.893–2.678) | 0.235 |
| 3–4 | 9 (2.4) | 1 (1.4) | 8 (2.7) | Reference | 0.242 |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; DM, diabetes mellitus; CI, confidence interval.