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Table 3 Factors associated with awareness of DM complications among DM patients at Addis Zemen Hospital, Ethiopia

From: Awareness of complications of diabetes mellitus and its associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients at Addis Zemen District Hospital, northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Knowledge status (n = 402)

OR (95% CI)

Poor N (%)

Good N (%)

COR

AOR

Sex

 Male

64 (36.2)

113 (63.8)

3.08 (2.04, 4.64)

4.67 (2.53, 8.61)***

 Female

143 (63.6)

82 (36.4)

1

1

Age

 18–30

100 (74.6)

34 (25.4)

1

1

 31–45

59 (50.0)

59 (50.0)

2.94 (1.73, 5.00)

7.30 (3.10, 17.17)***

 46–70

48 (32.0)

102 (68.0)

6.25 (3.72, 10.49)

15.02 (6.11, 36.92)***

Level of education

 Cannot write and

80 (74.1)

28 (45.5)

1

1

 Read and write

75 (49.0)

78 (51.0)

2.97 (1.74, 5.07)

3.793 (1.78, 8.06)**

 1–8

20 (40.0)

30 (60.0)

4.29 (2.11, 8.73)

9.59 (3.26, 28.18)***

 High school

32 (35.2)

59 (59)

5.27 (2.86, 9.68)

7.46 (3.02, 18.44)***

Occupation

 Farmer

55 (64.7)

30 (35.3)

1

1

 Government worker

15 (32.6)

31 (67.4)

3.79 (1.77, 8.10)

0.96 (0.31, 2.95)

 Merchant

47 (45.2)

57 (54.8)

2.22 (1.23, 4.01)

0.72 (0.29, 1.81)

 House wife

43 (55.8)

34 (44.2)

1.45 (0.78, 2.73)

2.93 (1.13, 7.56)

 NGO worker

47 (52.2)

43 (47.8)

1.68 (0.91, 3.08)

7.24 (2.68, 19.53)***

Residence

 Rural

99 (62.3)

60 (37.7)

1

1

 Urban

108 (44.4)

135 (55.6)

2.06 (1.37, 3.10)

1.76 (0.13, 3.11)

Duration of DM

 < 5

152 (56.3)

118 (43.7)

1

1

 5–10

41 (44.1)

52 (55.9)

1.63 (1.05, 2.63)

0.89 (0.36, 2.22)

 > 10

14 (35.9)

25 (64.1)

2.30 (1.15, 4.62)

1.25 (0.47, 3.29)

Family history of DM

 Yes

19 (16.1)

99 (83.9)

10.20 (5.89, 17.67)

5.55 (2.53, 12.20)***

 No

188 (66.2)

96 (33.8)

1

1

Income

 < 500

93 (68.4)

43 (31.6)

1

1

 501–1000

44 (64.7)

24 (35.3)

1.18 (0.64, 2.18)

1.85 (0.75, 4.57)

 1001–1500

42 (48.8)

44 (51.2)

2.27 (1.30, 3.95)

3.22 (1.28, 8.10)*

 1501–2500

21 (25.6)

61 (74.4)

6.28 (3.40, 11.60)

11.73 (4.32, 31.81)***

 > 2500

7 (23.3)

23 (76.7)

7.11 (2.83, 17.83)

7.18 (1.72, 30.28)**

  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, DM diabetes mellitus, N number
  2. * p-value < 0.05, ** p-value < 0.01, *** p-value < 0.001, 1 = references