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Table 4 Logistic regression of factors influencing the cardiovascular risk factor control in the study subjects

From: Adequacy of control of cardiovascular risk factors in ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes attending diabetes out-patients clinic at a county hospital, Kenya

Variable

Glycemic control

Hypertension

LDL-Cholesterol

Smoking

Poor control

OR (95% CI)

P value

Hypertensive

OR (95% CI)

P value

High LDL

OR (95% CI)

P value

Smoker

OR (95% CI)

P value

Age

  > 50 years

198 (59.8)

0.8 (0.4–1.5)

0.486

165(49.8)

4.7 (2.6–8.5)

<0.001

251 (75.8)

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

0.129

84 (25.4)

2.0 (0.9–4.3)

0.091

  < =50 years

35 (64.8)

1.0

 

26 (48.1)

1.0

 

46 (85.2)

1.0

 

8 (14.8)

1.0

 

Gender

 Female

154 (61.1)

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

0.744

119 (47.2)

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.197

206 (81.7)

2.1 (1.3–3.4)

0.003

2 (0.8)

0.0 (0.00–0.02)

<0.001

 Male

79 (59.4)

1.0

 

72 (54.1)

1.0

 

91 (68.4)

1.0

 

90 (67.7)

1.0

 

Marital status

 Married

153 (59.3)

1.0

 

132 (51.2)

1.0

 

198 (76.7)

1.0

 

83 (32.2)

1.0

 

 Separated

2 (66.7)

1.4 (0.1–15.3)

0.797

2 (66.7)

1.9 (0.2–21.3)

0.599

2 (66.7)

0.6 (0.1–6.8)

0.685

1 (33.3)

1.1 (0.1–11.8)

0.966

 Single, unmarried

16 (72.7)

1.8 (0.7–4.8)

0.222

9 (40.9)

0.7 (0.3–1.6)

0.359

19 (86.4)

1.9 (0.5–6.7)

0.307

2 (9.1)

0.2 (0.0–0.9)

0.039

 Widowed

62 (60.8)

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

0.796

48 (47.1)

0.8 (0.5–1..3)

0.483

78 (76.5)

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

0.956

6 (5.9)

0.1 (0.1–0.3)

<0.001

Education

 None

31 (60.8)

1.0

 

27 (52.9)

1.0

 

41 (80.4)

1.0

 

3 (5.9)

1.0

 

 Primary

138 (60.8)

1.0 (0.5–1.9)

0.999

112 (49.3)

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

0.642

179 (78.9)

0.9 (0.4–1.9)

0.807

49 (21.6)

4.4 (1.3–14.7)

0.016

 Secondary

54 (60.0)

1.0 (0.5–2.0)

0.927

45 (50.0)

0.9 (0.4–1.8)

0.737

69 (76.7)

0.8 (0.3–1.9)

0.608

35 (38.9)

10.2 (2.9–35.2)

<0.001

 Tertiary

10 (58.8)

0.9 (0.3–2.8)

0.886

7 (41.2)

0.6 (0.2–1.9)

0.403

8 (47.1)

0.2 (0.1–0.7)

0.011

5 (29.4)

6.7 (1.4–31.9)

0.017

Employment status

 Unemployed

78 (62.4)

1.0

 

65 (52.0)

1.0

 

95 (76.0)

1.0

 

15 (12.0)

1.0

 

 Employed

14 (60.9)

0.9 (0.4–2.3)

0.889

8 (34.8)

0.5 (0.2–1.2)

0.134

17 (73.9)

0.9 (0.3–2.5)

0.830

4 (17.4)

1.5 (0.5–5.2)

0.480

 Self-employed

88 (59.1)

0.9 (0.5–1.4)

0.573

69 (46.3)

0.8 (0.5–1.3)

0.348

124 (83.2)

1.6 (0.9–2.8)

0.139

27 (18.1)

1.6 (0.8–3.2)

0.164

 Retired

53 (60.2)

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

0.748

49 (55.7)

1.2 (0.7–2.0)

0.596

61 (69.3)

0.7 (0.4–1.3)

0.279

46 (52.3)

8.0 (4.1–15.9)

<0.001

Alcohol

 Yes

63 (61.8)

1.1 (0.7–1.7)

0.764

56 (54.9)

1.3 (0.8–2.1)

0.213

70 (68.6)

0.5 (0.3–0.9)

0.017

80 (78.4)

82.1 (38.9–173.2)

<0.001

 No

170 (60.1)

1.0

 

135 (47.7)

1.0

 

227 (80.2)

1.0

 

12 (4.2)

1.0

 

Duration of disease

  > 5 years

133 (61.0)

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

0.729

108 (81.7)

2.0 (1.2–3.3)

0.004

175 (80.3)

1.4 (0.9–2.3)

0.143

48 (22.0)

0.9 (0.6–1.5)

0.724

  ≤ 5 years

103 (59.2)

1.0

 

83 (68.8)

1.0

 

116 (73.9)

1.0

 

37 (23.6)

1.0

 

Obesity

 Obese, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

58 (67.4)

1.5 (0.9–2.4)

0.136

46 (53.5)

1.2 (0.8–2.0)

0.414

65 (75.6)

0.9 (0.5–1.6)

0.696

15 (17.4)

0.6 (0.3–1.1)

0.111

 Not obese, BMI‹30 kg/ m2

175 (58.5)

1.0

 

145 (48.5)

1.0

 

232 (77.6)

1.0

 

77 (25.8)

1.0

 

CKD/KDIGO status

 Stages 3,4 and 5

86 (57.3)

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.307

91 (60.7)

2.1 (1.4–3.2)

0.001

116 (77.3)

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

0.943

38 (25.3)

1.1 (0.7–1.8)

0.597

 Stages 1 and 2

147 (62.6)

1.0

 

100 (42.6)

1.0

 

181 (77.0)

1.0

 

54 (23.0)

1.0

 
  1. In this logistic regression, the variables were independently analyzed for the separate cardiovascular risk factors but presented on a single table. The Odds Ratios are unadjusted