Table 4.
Multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with poor glycemic control among DM patients attending at University of Gondar Hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (N=367)
| Variables | N | Poor glycemic control N (%)
|
COR | AOR | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N (%) | No N (%) | ||||||
|
| |||||||
| Age, years | ≤24 | 37 | 30 (81.1) | 7 (18.9) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| 25–44 | 100 | 63 (63.0) | 37 (37.0) | 0.397 (0.159–0.994) | 0.151 (0.041–0.555) | 0.004 | |
| 45–64 | 163 | 99 (60.7) | 64 (39.3) | 0.361 (0.150–0.871) | 0.127 (0.031–0.514) | 0.004 | |
| ≥65 | 67 | 30 (44.8) | 37 (55.2) | 0.189 (0.073–0.491) | 0.070 (0.016–0.308) | 0.000* | |
| Occupational status | Unemployed | 127 | 83 (65.4) | 44 (34.6) | 1.241 (0.665–2.314) | 1.100 (0.547–2.213) | 0.790 |
| Self-employed | 177 | 101 (57.1) | 76 (42.9) | 0.874 (0.487–1.571) | 0.734 (0.381–1.412) | 0.354 | |
| Government employed | 63 | 38 (60.3) | 25 (39.7) | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Marital status | Married | 213 | 129 (60.6) | 84 (39.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Single | 48 | 31 (64.6) | 17 (35.4) | 1.187 (0.619–2.280) | 0.966 (0.486–1.924) | 0.923 | |
| Divorced | 52 | 33 (63.5) | 19 (36.5) | 1.131 (0.604–2.119) | 0.226 (0.064–0.800) | 0.021* | |
| Widowed | 54 | 29 (53.7) | 25 (46.3) | 0.755 (0.414–1.378) | 1.091 (0.465–2.559) | 0.841 | |
| BMI | Underweight | 23 | 16 (69.6) | 7 (30.4) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Normal | 208 | 133 (63.9) | 75 (36.1) | 0.776 (0.305–1.971) | 0.810 (0.293–2.241) | 0.685 | |
| Overweight | 90 | 46 (51.1) | 44 (48.9) | 0.457 (0.172–1.218) | 0.526 (0.161–1.715) | 0.287 | |
| Obese | 46 | 27 (58.7) | 19 (41.3) | 0.622 (0.214–1.803) | 0.804 (0.223–2.893) | 0.738 | |
| Triglycerides | ≤150 mg/dL | 234 | 139 (59.4) | 95 (40.6) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >150 mg/dL | 133 | 83 (62.4) | 50 (37.6) | 1.135 (0.733–1.757) | 1.442 (0.796–2.614) | 0.227 | |
| Cholesterol | ≤200 mg/dL | 306 | 186 (60.8) | 120 (39.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >200 mg/dL | 61 | 36 (59.0) | 25 (41.0) | 0.929 (0.531–1.626) | 0.932 (0.477–1.819) | 0.836 | |
| Diastolic BP | ≤85 | 320 | 191 (59.7) | 129 (40.3) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >85 | 47 | 31 (66.0) | 16 (34.0) | 1.309 (0.688–2.490) | 1.785 (0.808–3.947) | 0.152 | |
| Systolic BP | ≤135 | 285 | 176 (61.8) | 109 (38.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >135 | 82 | 46 (56.1) | 36 (43.9) | 0.791 (0.481–1.301) | 0.812 (0.419–1.575) | 0.538 | |
| DM duration years | ≤7 | 242 | 152 (62.8) | 90 (37.2) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| >7 | 125 | 70 (56.0) | 55 (44.0) | 0.754 (0.486–1.169) | 0.854 (0.528–1.381) | 0.519 | |
| Waist circumference | Low risk | 167 | 116 (69.5) | 51 (30.5) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Increased risk | 63 | 28 (44.4) | 35 (55.6) | 0.352 (0.194–0.638) | 0.361 (0.181–0.720) | 0.004* | |
| High risk | 137 | 78 (56.9) | 59 (43.1) | 0.581 (0.363–0.932) | 0.726 (0.355–1.485) | 0.380 | |
| DM complications | Yes | 115 | 61 (53.0) | 54 (47.0) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| No | 252 | 161 (63.9) | 91 (36.1) | 0638 (0.408–0.999) | 0.716 (0.432–1.186) | 0.195 | |
Note:
*
Statistically significant association.
Abbreviations: AOR, adjusted odds ratio; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; COR, crude odds ratio; DM, diabetes mellitus; N, number.