Table 4. Logistic regression demonstrating the association of weight change with other variables.
*Variables with P-value<0.25 were included in the multivariate regression model.
| Variables | Univariate regression | Multivariate regression | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% C.I) | P-value | ||
| Treatment | Oral therapy | 1 | <0.0001 | 1 | 0.031 |
| Oral and insulin therapy | 2.9(1.72-3.87) | 1.78(1.05-3.02) | |||
| Gender | Female | 1 | 0.722 | - | - |
| Male | 1.05(0.80-1.37) | ||||
| Change in calories | Decreased/ no change | 1 | 0.052 | 1 | 0.023 |
| Increased | 1.31(0.99-1.72) | 1.98(1.09-3.60) | |||
| Change in HbA1c | Decreased/ no change | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 0.006 |
| Increased | 0.51(0.29-0.90) | 0.44(0.24-0.79) | |||
| Marital status | Married | 1 | 0.227 | - | - |
| Single | 1.57(0.75-3.26) | ||||
| Smoking habit | No | 1 | 0.1 | - | - |
| Yes | 0.63(0.40-1.08) | ||||
| Alcoholic | No | 1 | 0.106 | - | - |
| Yes | 0.24(0.04-1.34) | ||||
| Family history of DM | No | 1 | 0.287 | - | - |
| Yes | 1.19(0.85-1.67) | ||||
| Age | 0.99(0.97-1.00) | 0.186 | - | - | |
| Duration of DM | 1.01(0.99-1.03) | 0.293 | - | - | |
| Insulin duration | 0.98(0.93-1.02) | 0.4 | - | - | |
| Systolic BP | 0.99(0.98-1.00) | 0.109 | - | - | |
| Diastolic BP | 0.98(0.97-1.00) | 0.044 | - | - | |