Diabetes-dependent quality of life (ADDQOL) and affecting factors in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Greece

Table 3 Logistic regression analysis: predictors of lower QOL according to the ADDQOL score

Variables	Odds ratio	95 % confidence intervals	P value
Gender (males)	1.09	0.49–2.46	0.82
Age (years)	0.94	0.91–0.98	0.008
Diabetes duration (years)	0.96	0.92–0.98	0.24
HbA1c (%)	0.91	0.74–1.31	0.91
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.98	0.93–1.04	0.49
Monthly income (Euros)	2.61	0.86–7.89	0.09
Educational level	1.42	0.65–3.14	0.38
Marital status	0.43	0.21–0.90	0.03
Smoking status	0.53	0.22–1.24	0.14
Oral antidiabetic therapy (yes)	0.86	0.28–2.65	0.81
Insulin therapy (yes)	0.26	0.22–1.49	0.26
Coronary artery disease (yes)	0.73	0.24–2.24	0.58
Cerebrovascular disease (yes)	0.08	0.22–1.98	0.48
Peripheral arterial disease (yes)	0.32	0.45–1.81	0.19
Retinopathy (yes)	0.14	0.01–1.36	0.09
Neuropathy (yes)	0.26	0.02–2.26	0.21
Chronic kidney disease (yes)	0.12	0.12–1.23	0.10

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