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. 2019 May 22;9:7709. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44169-4

Table 4.

Associations of Baseline and Time-varying Risk Factors on the failure of HbA1c, blood pressure and LDL-c controls.

Characteristics HbA1c ≥7.0% BP ≥140/90 mmHg LDL-c ≥2.6 mmol/L
RR (95%CI) P value Global P value RR (95% CI) P value Global P value RR (95% CI) P value Global P value
Medication groups:
   None or herbal medicine only Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001
   One OHD 0.93 (0.90–0.96) <0.0001 0.83 (0.76–0.90) <0.0001 0.92 (0.89–0.96) 0.0002
   Two more OHD 0.98 (0.90–1.05) 0.5284 0.78 (0.70–0.86) <0.0001 0.87 (0.83–0.91) <0.0001
   Insulin Alone 1.06 (1.01–1.11) 0.0194 0.82 (0.72–0.94) 0.0037 0.90 (0.84–0.95) 0.0007
   Insulin + One OHD 1.09 (1.03–1.15) 0.0034 0.76 (0.65–0.89) 0.0008 0.83 (0.77–0.90) <0.0001
   Insulin + ≥ Two OHD 1.14 (1.05–1.23) 0.0050 0.83 (0.65–1.05) 0.1187 0.78 (0.69–0.89) 0.0002
Patient Category:
   Diabetes only Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001
   Diabetes + Hypertension 0.93 (0.90–0.96) <0.0001 3.67 (3.26–4.14) <0.0001 1.04 (0.98–1.10) 0.2417
   Diabetes + Dyslipidemia 0.99 (0.96–1.02) 0.6538 1.09 (0.94–1.27) 0.2689 1.18 (1.13–1.24) <0.0001
   Diabetes + Hypertension + Dyslipidemia 0.95 (0.91–0.98) 0.0010 3.37 (2.99–3.80) <0.0001 1.12 (1.06–1.18) <0.0001
Baseline HbA1c level:
   <7.0% Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001
   >=7.0% 2.04 (1.98–2.10) <0.0001 1.21 (1.13–1.30) <0.0001 1.11 (1.07–1.15) <0.0001
BMI groups:
   <24 kg/m2 Ref. 0.02 Ref. <0.0001 Ref. 0.0040
   24–28 kg/m2 1.01 (0.99–1.04) 0.2124 1.18 (1.08–1.28) 0.0003 1.04 (1.00–1.08) 0.0579
   >=28 kg/m2 1.05 (1.02–1.08) 0.0044 1.62 (1.46–1.79) <0.0001 1.09 (1.04–1.15) 0.0009
Gender:
   Male Ref. 0.21 Ref. 0.0055 Ref. 0.0061
   Female 0.98 (0.96–1.01) 0.2156 0.87 (0.80–0.96) 0.0047 1.07 (1.02–1.12) 0.0064
Age groups:
   <65 years Ref. 0.006 Ref. <0.0001 Ref. 0.0744
   >=65 years 1.03 (1.01–1.06) 0.0067 1.27 (1.16–1.39) <0.0001 1.04 (1.00–1.09) 0.0719
Smoking
   None Ref. 0.004 Ref. 0.3268 Ref. 0.3430
   Current 1.06 (1.02–1.09) 0.0021 0.94 (0.84–1.05) 0.2861 1.02 (0.96–1.07) 0.5952
   Previous 0.99 (0.94–1.04) 0.7341 0.88 (0.76–1.03) 0.1110 0.99 (0.91–1.07) 0.7688
   Passive 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 0.1555 1.09 (0.87–1.36) 0.4649 1.12 (0.99–1.26) 0.0761
Drinking
   None Ref. 0.07 Ref. 0.2766 Ref. 0.2335
   Current 0.97 (0.92–1.02) 0.1892 1.08 (0.95–1.23) 0.2350 0.97 (0.91–1.04) 0.3779
   Previous 0.93 (0.86–1.00) 0.0370 1.13 (0.94–1.35) 0.1832 0.92 (0.84–1.02) 0.1235
Physical Activities
   No exercises Ref. 0.71 Ref. 0.7118 Ref. 0.0078
   <3 times/week 0.99 (0.95–1.02) 0.4248 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 0.4677 0.93 (0.88–0.97) 0.0018
   >=3 times/week 0.99 (0.95–1.02) 0.4686 0.96 (0.87–1.06) 0.4509 0.94 (0.90–0.99) 0.0204
Site area
   North Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001 Ref. <0.0001
   South 1.04 (1.01–1.08) 0.0258 1.90 (1.57–2.30) <0.0001 1.07 (1.00–1.15) 0.0603
   East 1.08 (1.04–1.12) 0.0001 1.71 (1.41–2.08) <0.0001 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 0.5534
   Southwest 1.08 (1.04–1.11) <0.0001 2.03 (1.69–2.46) <0.0001 0.84 (0.78–0.90) <0.0001
   Northeast 1.12 (1.08–1.16) <0.0001 2.47 (2.03–3.01) <0.0001 1.01 (0.94–1.09) 0.7283
   Northwest 1.14 (1.11–1.17) <0.0001 2.13 (1.78–2.56) <0.0001 0.95 (0.88–1.02) 0.1279
Hospital tier
   1st tier Ref. <0.0001 Ref. 0.0220 Ref. 0.0003
   2nd tier 0.98 (0.95–1.01) 0.2882 0.89 (0.79–0.99) 0.0377 1.08 (1.03–1.14) 0.0024
   3rd tier 0.90 (0.87–0.94) <0.0001 0.87 (0.79–0.96) 0.0058 0.99 (0.94–1.05) 0.7810