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. 2021 Jan 11;11:401. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79873-z

Table 2.

The determinant of self-care behavior and disease knowledge score in study subjects.

Self-care behavior score Disease knowledge score
Univariate Multivariate (forward) Univariate Multivariate (forward)
β (95%Cl) p-value β (95%Cl) p-value β (95%Cl) p-value β (95%Cl) p-value
Clinical characteristics
Age (year) 0.16 (0.09, 0.23)  < 0.001 0.19 (0.11, 0.27)  < 0.001 − 0.14 (− 0.18, − 0.09)  < 0.001 − 0.12 (− 0.16, − 0.08)  < 0.001
Sex (male, %) − 0.49 (− 2.30, 1.31) 0.6 − 0.61 (− 1.70, 0.40) 0.2
Smoking (yes, %) − 2.20 (− 4.35, − 0.05) 0.04 − 0.99 (− 2.24, 0.26) 0.1
Alcohol consumption (yes, %) − 0.78 (− 3.73, 2.15) 0.6 0.47 (− 1.23, 2.19) 0.6
Marital status (yes, %) 2.81 (0.71, 4.91) 0.009 1.20 (− 0.03, 2.43) 0.06
Currently working (yes, %) − 3.53 (− 5.49, − 1.57)  < 0.001 − 3.97 (− 6.39, − 1.55) 0.001 2.46 (1.33, 3.59)  < 0.001
Independent finances (no,%) − 2.11 (− 3.92, − 0.28) 0.02 − 3.26 (− 5.22, − 1.31) 0.001 − 2.63 (− 3.67, − 1.59)  < 0.001
Education (high school or above, %) 1.65 (− 0.14, 3.44) 0.07 4.22 (3.25, 5.19)  < 0.001 2.65 (1.69, 3.60)  < 0.001
Hypertension (yes, %) 1.87 (− 0.57, 4.32) 0.1 0.01 (− 1.42, 1.73) 0.9
Diabetes mellitus (yes, %) − 1.62 (− 3.45, 0.22) 0.08 − 2.09 (− 3.15, − 1.03)  < 0.001
Heart disease (yes, %) 1.18 (− 1.09, 3.45) 0.3 − 1.16 (− 2.48, 0.16) 0.09
Body mass index (kg/m2) − 0.37 (− 0.58, − 0.16)  < 0.001 − 0.15 (− 0.26, − 0.02) 0.02
Health education times 0.13 (0.04, 0.21) 0.004 0.09 (0.04, 0.14)  < 0.001
CKD duration (year) 0.08 (− 0.04, 0.19) 0.2 0.17 (0.10, 0.23)  < 0.001 0.13 (0.07, 0.19)  < 0.001
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl) 0.01 (− 0.03, 0.05) 0.6 0.01 (− 0.01, 0.04) 0.3
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) − 0.04 (− 0.08, 0.00) 0.07 0.00 (− 0.02, 0.02) 0.8
Log-formed glycated hemoglobin − 0.17 (− 2.61, − 0.77)  < 0.001 − 1.13 (− 2.00, − 0.26) 0.01 − 1.24 (− 1.77, 0.71)  < 0.001 − 0.64 (− 1.11, − 0.17) 0.008
Hemoglobin (g/dl) − 0.44 (− 0.89, 0.00) 0.05 0.13 (− 0.13, 0.39) 0.3
Albumin (g/dl) 1.27 (− 1.21, 3.74) 0.3 1.51 (0.08, 2.95) 0.04
Uric acid (mg/dl) − 0.42 (− 0.99, 0.15) 0.1 − 0.12 (− 0.45, 0.22) 0.5
Cholesterol (mg/dl) − 0.01 (− 0.03, 0.01) 0.5 0.01 (− 0.00, 0.02) 0.1
Log-formed triglyceride − 5.05 (− 8.84, − 1.26) 0.009 − 1.63 (− 3.85, 0.58) 0.2
Log-formed urine protein/creatinine ratio − 0.67 (− 2.23, 0.90) 0.4 − 0.54 (− 1.45, 0.37) 0.3
Self-care behavior 0.15 (0.10, 0.20)  < 0.001 0.15 (0.10, 0.20)  < 0.001
Disease knowledge 0.43 (0.28, 0.59)  < 0.001 0.51 (0.35, 0.66)  < 0.001

CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.