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Table 3.

Predictors of health‐related quality of life among the type 2 diabetes population of Bangladesh

HRQoL	Predictors		B	P‐value	OR	95% CI for OR
HRQoL	Predictors		B	P‐value	OR	Lower limit	Upper limit
Average	Area of residence
	Rural area		0.707	<0.001^*	2.028	1.567	2.625
	Urban area	Ref.	0.707	<0.001^*	2.028	1.567	2.625
	Sex
	Men		0.562	<0.001^*	1.754	1.337	2.301
	Women	Ref.	0.562	<0.001^*	1.754	1.337	2.301
	Education status
	Literate		0.147	0.002^*	1.565	1.173	2.089
	Illiterate	Ref.	0.147	0.002^*	1.565	1.173	2.089
	Marital status
	Married		0.200	0.214	1.281	0.866	1.895
	Others	Ref.	0.200	0.214	1.281	0.866	1.895
	Monthly income (BDT)
	>19,488		0.366	0.003^*	1.442	1.135	1.831
	≤19,488	Ref.	0.366	0.003^*	1.442	1.135	1.831
	Comorbidity
	Absent		0.297	0.010^*	1.438	1.089	1.898
	Present	Ref.	0.297	0.010^*	1.438	1.089	1.898
	Duration of diabetes
	≤5 years		0.297	0.017^*	1.346	1.055	1.718
	>5 years	Ref.	0.297	0.017^*	1.346	1.055	1.718
Good	Area of residence
	Rural area		0.765	<0.001^*	2.149	1.564	2.953
	Urban area	Ref.	0.765	<0.001^*	2.149	1.564	2.953
	Sex
	Men		1.326	<0.001^*	3.765	2.719	5.213
	Women	Ref.	1.326	<0.001^*	3.765	2.719	5.213
	Education status
	Literate		1.103	<0.001^*	3.013	1.950	4.657
	Illiterate	Ref.	1.103	<0.001^*	3.013	1.950	4.657
	Monthly income (BDT)
	>19,488		0.579	<0.001^*	1.785	1.327	2.402
	≤19,488	Ref.	0.579	<0.001^*	1.785	1.327	2.402
	Comorbidity
	Absent		0.878	<0.001^*	2.405	1.631	3.548
	Present	Ref.	0.878	<0.001^*	2.405	1.631	3.548
	Duration of diabetes
	≤5 years		0.169	0.277	1.184	0.873	1.606
	>5 years	Ref.	0.169	0.277	1.184	0.873	1.606

Total n = 1,806. Statistically significant. BDT, Bangladesh Taka; CI, confidence interval; HRQoL, health‐related quality of life; OR, odd ratio; Ref, reference.