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Table 2 Binary logistic regression for estimating odds ratio and 95 % confidence interval for assessing HR-QoL (with ‘no problem’ in five domains as the reference category) by selected factors

From: Assessment of health-related quality of life of Bangladeshi patients with type 2 diabetes using the EQ-5D: a cross-sectional study

Independent variable

β

Sig.

Odds ratio

95 % CI for EXP (β)

Lower

Upper

a. Dependent variable: mobility

 Age (years)

0.057

0.0001

1.059

1.034

1.085

 Gender

  Male

Reference

    

  Female

1.640

0.007

5.156

1.564

16.997

 Monthly income (Tk)

 High-income group

Reference

    

 Upper-middle-income group

1.007

0.022

2.738

1.160

6.463

 Lower-middle-income group

0.371

0.393

1.449

0.619

3.393

 Low-income group

1.146

0.210

3.145

0.523

18.90

HbA1c %

0.120

0.06

1.128

0.997

1.276

b. Dependent variable: self-care

 Age (years)

0.039

0.002

1.039

1.014

1.065

 Family history of diabetes

  No

Reference

    

  Yes

−0.867

0.001

0.420

0.250

0.706

  Don’t know

0.257

0.669

1.293

0.398

4.199

 Duration (years) of diabetes

0.042

0.021

1.043

1.006

1.082

c. Dependent variable: usual activity

 Gender

  Male

Reference

    

  Female

1.322

0.022

3.751

1.207

11.658

 Monthly income (Tk)

  High-income group

Reference

    

  Upper-middle-income group

0.974

0.024

2.648

1.136

6.173

  Lower-middle-income group

0.384

0.371

1.469

0.633

3.41

  Low-income group

0.337

0.696

1.401

0.258

7.609

 Family history of diabetes

  No

Reference

    

  Yes

−0.767

0.002

0.464

0.288

0.747

  Don’t know

0.618

0.335

1.855

0.528

6.520

d. Dependent variable: pain

 Age (years)

0.050

0.0001

1.051

1.025

1.079

 Monthly income (Tk)

  High-income group

Reference

    

  Upper-middle-income group

1.034

0.015

2.811

1.227

6.441

  Lower-middle-income group

0.946

0.023

2.576

1.138

5.832

  Low-income group

0.188

0.836

1.207

0.205

7.115

e. Dependent variable: anxiety

 Habitat

     

  Urban

Reference

    

  Rural

−0.588

0.042

0.555

0.315

0.978

  Semi-urban

20.449

0.999

7.60

0.0001

<0.001

 Level of education

     

  Illiterate

Reference

    

  Primary to 8th grade

−0.577

0.085

0.562

0.291

1.082

  SSC to HSC

−0.446

0.228

0.640

0.310

1.321

  Graduate and postgraduate

−0.960

0.028

0.383

0.162

0.902

 HbA1c %

0.128

0.06

1.136

0.996

1.296

  1. β for standardized regression coefficient. Level of practice was taken as a dependent variable whereas other variables were taken as independent variables
  2. HR-QoL health-related quality of life
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