Table 3.

Odds ratios for clinical and demographic factors associated with abnormal glucose homeostasis in nontransfusion dependent thalassemia patients

Variables	Hyperglycemia		Hypoglycemia
OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Age (≥24 years)	14.94 (1.60–139.35)	0.018*	1.01 (0.35–2.90)	0.993
Serum ferritin (≥2,500 ng/mL)	8.13 (1.45–45.55)	0.017*	0.33 (0.03–3.62)	0.329
Serum ALT (>50IU/L)	1.03 (0.15–7.04)	0.973	0.64 (0.12–3.34)	0.643
LIC (≥15 mg Fe/g dw)	1.60 (0.38–6.61)	0.519	0.39 (0.10–1.57)	0.386

Note: *P<0.050.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; ALT, alanine transaminase; LIC, liver iron concentration.