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Table 2 Predictors of peripheral neuropathy in patients with diabetes mellitus

From: Screening for peripheral neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease in persons with diabetes mellitus in a Nigerian University Teaching Hospital

Variables

OR

95 % confidence interval

p value

Age >60 years

2.6

1.4–4.8

0.02

Elevated HbA1c

2.0

1.1–3.80

0.002

Low HDL-C

2.1

0.4–8.3

0.3

Male sex

1.54

0.78–3

0.2

Elevated LDL-C

1.49

0.6–3.3

0.3

Duration of DM >10 years

1.29

0.7–2.6

0.4

Elevated TCHOL

1.1

0.4–2.5

0.8

Elevated TG

0.87

0.4–1.8

0.7

Overweight/obese

0.86

0.45–1.66

0.8

History of hypertension

0.72

0.36–0.72

0.3

PAD

0.73

0.42–1.3

0.3