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. 2021 May 24;14:2317–2324. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S291674

Table 3.

Regression Model Illustrating Predictors of Poor Plasma Glucose Maintenance in Type II DM People Who Have Ophthalmic Complication at Dessie City Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n=129)

Parameters Plasma Glucose Maintenance Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Good Poor
Education No education 13 31 1 1
Primary 14 20 0.55 (0.220, 1.41)
Secondary 10 19 0.79(0.29, 2.17)
≥Diploma 7 14 0.83 (0.27, 2.55) 0.67 (0.20, 2.23)**
Occupation Government worker 10 10 1
Private worker 14 20 1.42 (0.47, 4.34)
Farmer 5 10 2.00(0.50, 7.99)
House wife 14 23 1.64 (0.54, 4.93)
Other 2 21 10.50 (1.92, 57.17)
DM history of family Yes 8 25 1.96 (0.80, 4.80) 4.29 (1.33, 13.83)*
No 37 57 1 1
Duration of DM < 10 years 39 56 1
≥ 10 years 6 28 3.25(1.23, 8.58) 3.02(1.09, 8.36)*
Medication modality Drugs (oral only) 27 38 1 1
Both oral and insulin 13 28 1.53(0.67, 3.48)
Exclusively insulin 5 17 2.41(0.79, 7.34) 10.05(2.72, 52.35)**
Hypertension Yes 9 41 3.81(1.63, 8.89)
No 36 43 1
Body mass index (kg/m2) Underweight 2 2 1
Normal 29 30 1.03 (0.13, 7.84)
Overweight 13 39 3.00 (0.38, 23.49)
Obese 1 13 13.00 (0.77, 219.10)
Physical Activity Good 15 17 1 1
Poor 30 67 1.97(0.87, 4.46) 2.91(1.47, 5.76)**
Adherence to Diet Yes 4 16 1
No 41 68 0.41 (0.13, 1.32)

Note: *p<0.05, **p<0.01, goodness-of-fit (p>0.05), there was no multicollinearity because variance inflation factor was below 5.