Assessment of Gap between Knowledge and Practices among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital in Bangladesh

Table 6

Multivariable regression analysis of waist circumference as a dependent variable with other parameters among patients with type 2 DM ().

Variable	B^1 ± SE	Beta^2	value	95% CI for B
				Lower	Upper
Age	3.490 ± 1.134	0.147	0.002	5.719	1.262
Gender	0.612 ± 1.397	0.032	0.661	−2.134	3.358
Habitat	−0.253 ± 2.65	−0.004	0.924	−5.461	4.955
Education	−1.025 ± 0.641	−0.09	0.11	−2.284	0.234
Monthly income	1.728 ± 0.599	0.140	0.004	0.552	2.91
Occupation	0.12 ± 0.662	0.013	0.856	−1.180	1.420
Duration of DM	0.399 ± 0.910	0.021	0.661	−1.389	2.186
Family history of DM	−0.282 ± 0.954	−0.014	0.767	−2.157	1.593
Total knowledge score	0.101 ± 0.141	0.039	0.476	−0.177	0.379

Unstandardized sample regression coefficient. ²Standardized sample regression coefficient; adjusted ; overall model -test, ; DM: diabetes mellitus.