Variables | Hypoglycemia | Crude OR | Adjusted OR | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes(N) | No(N) | |||||
Occupation | Farmer | 81 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
House wife | 48 | 16 | 0.37 (0.16,0.88) | 0.53 (0.19,1.67) | 0.300 | |
Merchant | 22 | 16 | 0.17 (0.07,0.43) | 0.29 (0.09,0.96) | 0.042 | |
Government employee | 49 | 41 | 0.15 (0.07,0.32) | 0.29 (0.11,0.78) | 0.015 | |
Student | 35 | 15 | 0.29 (0.12,0.70) | 0.11 (0.04,0.33) | 0.001 | |
Pensioner | 14 | 9 | 0.19 (0.07,0.56) | 0.57 (0.14,2.35) | 0.439 | |
Unemployed | 30 | 8 | 0.46 (0.17,1.28) | 0.44 (0.12,1.56) | 0.201 | |
Type of Diabetes | Type 1 | 183 | 28 | 1 | 1 | |
Type 2 | 96 | 87 | 0.17 (0.10,0.28) | 0.34 (0.14,0.82) | 0.015 | |
Retinopathy | Yes | 51 | 14 | 1 | 1 | |
No | 228 | 101 | 0.62 (0.33,1.17) | 0.47 (0.21,1.05) | 0.066 | |
Hypertension | Yes | 54 | 42 | 1 | 1 | |
No | 225 | 73 | 2.40 (1.48,3.88) | 1.89 (0.96,3.72) | 0.066 | |
Duration of Diabetes | < 2 years | 47 | 42 | 1 | 1 | |
2–4 years | 100 | 37 | 2.42 (1.38,4.24) | 3.22 (1.58,6.58) | 0.001 | |
5–9 years | 73 | 25 | 2.61 (1.41,4.83) | 3.88 (1.75,8.61) | 0.001 | |
10–14 years | 40 | 6 | 5.96 (2.30,15.46) | 6.34 (2.12,18.96) | 0.001 | |
≥15 years | 19 | 5 | 3.40 (1.17,9.89) | 2.53 (0.69,9.28) | 0.161 | |
Types of medication | OHA | 38 | 70 | 1 | 1 | |
Insulin | 215 | 38 | 10.42 (6.17,17.61) | 4.93 (2.05,11.86) | 0.001 | |
OHA & insulin | 26 | 7 | 6.84 (2.72,17.23) | 5.35 (1.88,15.28) | 0.002 | |
Discussion of hypoglycemia with a physician | Never | 56 | 34 | 1 | 1 | |
Sometimes | 82 | 43 | 1.16 (0.66,2.03) | 0.76 (0.38,1.57) | 0.481 | |
Always | 141 | 38 | 2.25 (1.29,3.93) | 1.65 (0.79,3.46) | 0.182 |