Table 3.

Factors influencing poor medication adherence, multiple logistic regression model.

	Odds ratio	95% CI	P-value
Number of medications at the end
0.1 (n = 372)	Reference
2.3 (n = 261)	0.34	0.22–0.51	<0.001
4.5 (n = 153)	0.13	0.08–0.23	<0.001
≥6 (n = 98)	0.18	0.10–0.34	<0.001
Sex: Male	2.20	1.18–4.08	0.013
Age (years)
<40 (n = 144)	Reference
40–49 (n = 387)	0.74	0.44–1.23	0.245
50–59 (n = 301)	0.39	0.23–0.68	0.001
≥60 (n = 52)	0.37	0.15–0.89	0.026
Total number of consultations/3 yrs.(times)
≥17 (n = 597)	Reference
<17 (n = 287)	27.1	15.6–47.0	<0.001
DPP-4 inhibitor	0.73	0.49–1.10	0.132
Biguanide	0.62	0.40–0.96	0.512
Thiazolidine	1.08	0.63–1.86	0.781

DPP-4 inhibitor, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor.