Table 2.
Medication adherence by the type of drug used by type 2 diabetic patients
| Medicine | Adherence | Noncompliance | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
| Metformin | Using | 86 | 77.5 | 25 | 22.5 | 111 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 22 | 88.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 25 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Likelihood ratio = 1.53 p-value = 0.287 | ||||||
| Glibenclamide | Using | 43 | 71.7 | 17 | 28.3 | 60 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 65 | 85.5 | 11 | 14.5 | 76 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Likelihood ratio = 3.92 p-value = 0.048* | ||||||
| Gliclazide | Using | 21 | 84.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 25 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 87 | 78.4 | 24 | 21.6 | 111 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Likelihood ratio = 0.41 p-value = 0.512 | ||||||
| Linagliptin | Using | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 105 | 78.9 | 28 | 21.1 | 133 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Fisher’s exact test p-value = 0.999 | ||||||
| Repaglinide | Using | 5 | 71.4 | 2 | 28.6 | 7 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 103 | 79.8 | 26 | 20.2 | 129 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Fisher’s exact test p-value = 0.633 | ||||||
| Sitagliptin | Using | 11 | 73.3 | 4 | 26.7 | 15 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 97 | 80.2 | 24 | 19.8 | 121 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Fisher’s exact test p-value = 0.511 | ||||||
| Pioglitazone | Using | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 100.0 |
| Not using | 104 | 78.8 | 28 | 21.2 | 132 | 100.0 | |
| Test statistic, p-value | Fisher’s exact test P-value = 0.581 | ||||||