Table 2.
Behavioral characteristics of diabetic patients who follow at Jimma University medical center, Ethiopia, 2018
| Variable | Category | Cases (n = 106) |
Controls (n = 205) |
COR(95% CI) | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adherence to exercise |
Yes No |
59 (55.6%) 47 (44.4%) |
130 (63.4%) 75 (36.6%) |
1 1.38 (0.85,2.22) |
0.185 |
| Alcoholic history |
Yes No |
16 (15%) 90 (85%) |
10 (4.8%) 195 (95.2%) |
3.46 (1.51,7.93) 1 |
0.003 |
| Smoking history |
Yes No |
5 (4.7%) 101 (95.3%) |
2 (0.9%) 203 (99.1%) |
5.02 (0.95,26.35) 1 |
0.056 |
| Adherence to medication |
Yes No |
41 (38.6%) 65 (61.4%) |
113 (55.1%) 92 (44.9%) |
1 1.94 (1.20,3.14) |
0.006 |
| Adherence to meal |
Yes No |
38 (35.8%) 68 (64.2%) |
129 (62.9%) 76 (37.1%) |
1 3.03 (1.86,4.94) |
< 0.001 |
| Adherence to blood glucose |
Yes No |
62 (58.5%) 44 (41.5%) |
166 (80.9%) 39 (19.1%) |
1 3.02 (1.79,5.08) |
< 0.001 |
COR: Crude Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval, 1: reference group