Table 6.
Correlation between deft index and different risk factors (Total number 264).
| Parameter and categories | Number (%) | M-W test | Correlation | Logistic regression | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deft = 0 33 (12.5%) |
deft = 1-3 86 (32.57%) |
deft >4 145 (54.92%) | p-value | rho | p-value | p-value | OR | 95%CI for OR | |||
| Lower | Upper | ||||||||||
| Age (years) | AI 67 (25.4%) | 5 (7.5%) | 16 (23.9%) | 46 (68.6%) | <0.05* | −0.278 | <0.05* | ||||
| AII 97 (36.7%) | 7 (7.2%) | 28 (28.9%) | 62 (63.9%) | ||||||||
| AIII 100 (37.9%) | 21 (21.0%) | 42 (42.0%) | 37 (37.0%) | ||||||||
| Gender | Boys 124 (47.0%) | 17 (13.7%) | 41 (33.1%) | 66 (53.2%) | <0.05* | 0.037 | 0.549 | ||||
| Girls 140 (53.0%) | 16 (11.4%) | 45 (32.1%) | 79 (56.5%) | ||||||||
| BMI | Normal (≥5- <85) 88 (33.3%) | 16 (18.9%) | 36 (40.9%) | 36 (40.1%) | <0.05* | 0.203 | 0.001* | ||||
| Overweight (≥85- <95) and | 17 (9.7%) | 50 (28.4%) | 109 (61.9%) | ||||||||
| Obese (≥95) 176 (66.7%) | |||||||||||
| Lifestyle habits | |||||||||||
| Lifestyle habits | Unhealthy habits 108 (40.9%) | 6 (5.6%) | 37 (34.3%) | 65 (60.1%) | <0.05* | −0.173 | 0.005* | ||||
| Moderate 140 (53%) | 23 (16.4%) | 42 (30%) | 75 (53.1%) | ||||||||
| Healthy habits 16 (6.1%) | 4 (25%) | 7 (43.7%) | 5 (31.3%) | ||||||||
*
Statistically significant.