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Table 3 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with poor glycemic control among diabetic out-patients attending DRH, 2017

From: Factors associated with glycemic control among diabetic adult out-patients in Northeast Ethiopia

Variables (n = 384)

Poor glycemic control, n (%)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Residence

 Rural

91 (79.8)

2.61 (1.37–4.96)

0.004*

 Urban

181 (67.0)

1

 

Educational status

 Illiterate

96 (80.0)

7.10 (2.94–17.17)

< 0.001*

 Read and write

25 (75.8)

3.53 (1.52–8.21)

0.003*

 1–8

64 (67.4)

2.68 (0.92–7.80)

0.077

 9–12

61 (69.3)

2.49 (0.69–8.99)

0.163

 College and above

25 (52.1)

1

 

Occupation

 Students

32 (78.1)

2.89 (0.99–8.00)

0.051

 Employee

26 (54.2)

1

 

 Housewives

94 (75.2)

2.25 (0.81–6.24)

0.120

 Merchants

33 (80.5)

3.39 (1.16–9.96)

0.026*

 Others

86 (66.7)

0.95 (0.44–2.05)

0.895

Duration of DM (years)

  < 10

188 (66.9)

1

 

 ≥10

84 (81.6)

2.20 (1.18–4.08)

0.013*

Type of treatment

 Oral anti-diabetics

185 (77.4)

5.13 (2.10–12.52)

< 0.001*

 Insulin

70 (66.0)

3.26 (1.26–8.48)

0.015*

 Oral anti-diabetics and insulin

17 (43.6)

1

 
  1. * Statistically significant at P value < 0.05