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. 2019 Mar 11;18:29. doi: 10.1186/s12933-019-0830-4

Table 4.

Significant associated factors for the complete recovery of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Complete recovery (n = 9)
Univariate OR (95% CI) P value Adjusted OR (95% CI)a P value Adjusted OR (95% CI)b P value
Baseline variables
 Younger age (per 5-year decrease) 1.67 (1.26–2.20) < 0.001 1.63 (1.07–2.49) 0.023 1.67 (1.26–2.23) < 0.001
 Total cholesterol (per 10 mg/dL decrease) 1.27 (0.97–1.67) 0.088 1.24 (0.96–1.61) 0.099
 HbA1c (per 1% decrease) 0.97 (0.94–1.00) 0.065 1.54 (0.78–3.05) 0.212
Change in variables
 Δ Change in oral anti-diabetes drug, yes 4.94 (1.02–23.94) 0.047 3.44 (0.65–18.07) 0.145
 Δ Change in anti-hypertensive drug, yes 0.10 (0.02–0.52) 0.006 0.96 (0.84–10.91) 0.971

aOnly factors with P < 0.10 on univariate logistic regression were presented and included in the multivariate logistic regression

bOdd ratios were analyzed by a forward–backward stepwise selection process