International Journal of Endocrinology / 2019 / Article / Tab 4 / Research Article
Prevalence, Patterns, and Factors Associated with Peripheral Neuropathies among Diabetic Patients at Tertiary Hospital in the Kilimanjaro Region: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study from North-Eastern Tanzania Table 4 Logistic regression of potential risk factors associations with DPN (n=327).
Variables With DPN COR (95% CI) P valueAOR (95% CI) P valueAge <40 Ref Ref 40-60 6.4 (2.9-14) <0.001 2.7 (1.0-7.4) 0.051 >60 15 (6.8-34.4) <0.001 5.5 (1.9-15.9) 0.002 Sex Male Ref Female 1.4 (0.8-2.3) 0.210 Residence Rural Ref Urban 1.0 (0.6-1.7) 0.914 BMI Category <18.5 kg/m2 Ref Ref 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 6.1 (1.2 - 30.1) .026 2.3 (0.4-13.8) 0.358 25.0–29.9kg/m2 15.1 (3.1 – 73.6) 0.001 3.8 (0.6-23.5) 0.150 ≥ 30 Obesity 23.3 (4.62 – 117.5) <0.001 4.9 (0.8-31.3) 0.089 Treatment Insulin Ref Ref OHGA 2.3 (1.4 – 3.9) 0.001 1.1 (0.5-2.3) 0.892 HbA1C (%) <7 % Ref ≥7% 0.6 (0.2 – 1.6) .319 0.6 (0.2-1.9) 0.385 HTN No Ref Ref Yes 6.7 (3.8-11.8) <0.001 3.8 (2.0-7.2) <0.001 DM duration 1-7 Ref 8-14 1.4 (0.8-2.4) 0.248 1.0 (0.5-1.9) 0.953 15-21 3.5 (1.6-7.8) 0.002 2.1 (0.9-5.1) 0.104 22-28 4.4 (1-20.2) 0.056 2.6 (0.5-13.5) 0.264 29-35 2.3 (0.5-11.5) 0.294 1.0 (0.1-5.9) 0.970 36-42 - 0.999 - 0.999 TC 1.2 (1.0-1.4) 0.061 1.1 (0.9-1.3) 0.632