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Table 3 Factors independently associated with poor glycemic level among T2DM patients JUTH, 2014

From: Factors associated with glycemic control among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional survey in Ethiopia

Variables (n = 309)

Glycemic level

Crude OR (95 % CI)

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P value

Good, n (%)

Poor, n (%)

Education

 Illiterate

18 (20.7 %)

69 (79.3 %)

2.65 (1.20–5.87)a

3.46 (1.01–11.91)

0.049a

 Read & write

10 (45.5 %)

12 (54.5 %)

0.83 (0.29–2.33)

0.81 (0.20–3.26)

0.766

 1–8

31 (27.7 %)

81 (72.3 %)

1.81 (0.87–3.75)

2.45 (0.85–7.03)

0.095

 9–12

13 (29.5 %)

31 (70.5 %)

1.65 (0.68–3.99)

1.97 (0.69–5.55)

0.202

College/University

18 (40.9 %)

26 (59.1 %)

1

1

 

 Occupation

 No job

31 (39.7 %)

47 (60.3 %)

1

1

 

 Employed

21 (29.2 %)

51 (70.8 %)

1.60 (0.81–3.16)

2.65 (0.96–7.24)

0.048a

 Merchant

6 (20.7 %)

23 (79.3 %)

2.53 (0.92–6.91)

2.69 (0.86–8.37)

0.086

 Farmer

19 (20.2 %)

75 (79.8 %)

2.60 (1.32–5.12)a

2.47 (1.13–5.39)

0.023a

 Daily labor

13 (36.1 %)

23 (63.9 %)

1.17 (0.51–2.64)

2.22 (0.80–6.11)

0.124

Anti-diabetics

 Insulin

21 (26.6 %)

58 (73.4 %)

1.38 (0.77–2.47)

1.77 (0.60–5.19)

0.298

 Oral medication

65 (33.3 %)

130 (66.7 %)

1

1

 

 Insulin and oral medication

4 (11.4 %)

31 (88.6 %)

3.88 (1.31–11.45)a

4.59 (1.05–20.14)

0.043a

Medication adherence

 High

52 (45.2 %)

63 (54.8 %)

1

1

 

 Medium

25 (21.4 %)

92 (78.6 %)

3.04 (1.71–5.43)a

3.49 (1.72–7.09)

0.001a

 Low

13 (16.9 %)

64 (83.1 %)

4.06 (2.02–8.18)a

5.08 (2.02–12.79)

0.001a

  1. aStatistically significant at P value <0.05