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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2022 Apr 6;114(4):392–405. doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2022.03.002

Table 4:

Adjusted multiple linear regression model with A1C, SBP and DBP showing the adjusted multivariate analyses by each study outcome for Lebanese dults with T2DM recruited from PHCs in Beirut, Lebanon.

Variables A1C SYSBP DBP
β p-value β p-value β p-value
Demographic Characteristics Variables
Age −0.014 0.19 −0.06 0.58 −0.19 0.005*
Sex
 Male (ref) 0.533 0.053 7.41 0.008* 3.59 0.03*
Marital status
 Married (ref) 0.373 0.16 2.58 0.34 −1.74 0.3
Education
 ≥ high school grad (ref) 0.16 0.55 0.96 0.73 0.8 0.67
Employment status
 Employed −0.44 0.12 2.03 0.48 −0.78 0.66
Income
 500$ – 1499$ 0.04 0.88 −2.42 0.46 0.8 0.69
 ≥1500$ −0.49 0.34 −1.48 0.77 −1.13 0.72
 Not reported −0.05 0.87 3.64 0.28 2.67 0.21
Insurance
 Yes −0.25 0.3 −0.82 0.74 0.75 0.62
Confidence in filling out medical forms
 No −0.1 0.706 −1.88 0.51 −4.89 0.007*
Socioeconomic Status Variables
Financial status
 Have enough to make ends meet −0.35 0.42 3.65 0.41 −0.2 0.94
 Do not have enough to make ends meet −0.51 0.24 6.31 0.15 2.18 0.42
Family size 0.08 0.21 0.33 0.63 0.56 0.19
Financial independence −0.05 0.38 −0.6 0.37 0.04 0.92
Number of persons per bedroom −0.06 0.63 −1.05 0.42 −1.61 0.052
Number of rooms −0.04 0.64 1.47 0.1 0.26 0.63
Psychosocial Variables
Diabetes Fatalism (Dfs12) 0.01 0.3 0.087 0.57 0.11 0.21
Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Total Score −0.13 0.2 −0.9 0.39 −0.34 0.6
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) 0.03 0.13 −0.27 0.28 −0.1 0.5
Neighborhood/Built Environment Variables
Food insecurity total score 0.16 0.01* 0.64 0.35 0.64 0.13
Drinking water
 Yes 0.05 0.87 6.36 0.059 1.18 0.56
Television
 Yes −0.63 0.6 19.07 0.12 −3.57 0.64
Cable subscription
 Yes −0.002 0.99 −0.53 0.85 0.45 0.79
Telephone
 Yes 0.02 0.96 2.12 0.77 −2.71 0.56
Air conditioner
 Yes −0.64 0.01* 4.28 0.11 0.23 0.88
Heater
 Yes 0.41 0.19 2.41 0.45 0.93 0.64
Wireless-internet subscription
 Yes 0.38 0.18 −1.81 0.54 1.43 0.43
Computer
 Yes −0.31 0.33 −4.42 0.18 0.11 0.95
Refrigerator
 Yes −0.43 0.41 −4.88 0.46 −0.99 0.76
Means of transportation
 Public −0.28 0.39 5.67 0.1 1.1 0.6
 Car −0.48 0.15 −3.44 0.32 −3.99 0.06
 Walking −0.93 0.01* 2.52 0.53 −2.79 0.26
*

Significant values p<0.05

**

Table 4 presents detailed information on the relationship between social determinants of health variables (i.e., socioeconomic status, psychosocial, and neighborhood/built environment) and clinical outcomes including hemoglobin A1c, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure for fully adjusted models. Significant associations are marked with asterisks.

Each model is adjusted for age, sex, marital status, education, employment status, monthly income, insurance, confidence in filling out health forms, family size, financial independence, number of persons per bedroom, number of rooms, diabetes fatalism, adverse childhood experience, depression (PHQ9), food insecurity, home availability of drinking water, television, cable subscription, air conditioner, heater, wireless-internet subscription, and refrigerator, and means of transportation.