Research Article
Prescription Practice for Diabetes Management among a Female Population in Primary Health Care
Table 3
Association of clinical characteristics with antidiabetic medications.
| | Category | Antidiabetics | | On monotherapy | On combination* | value |
| | Number of patients () | 69 | 86 | | | Age in years, mean (SD) | 50.8 (12.4) | 55.6 (11.1) | 0.020 | | Systolic BP mmHg, mean (SD) | 116.9 (40.4) | 118.5 (36.4) | 0.793 | | Diastolic BP mmHg, mean (SD) | 69.3 (22.8) | 69.7 (23.1) | 0.911 | | BMI, mean (SD) | 33.2 (4.4) | 34.0 (6.5) | 0.480 | | Hyperlipidemia, value (%) | 28 (40.6) | 40 (46.5) | 0.516 | | Hypertension, (%) | 38 (55.1) | 41 (47.7) | 0.420 | | Thyroid disorder, value (%) | 12 (17.4) | 10 (11.6) | 0.358 | | Diabetic complications | 5 (7.2) | 16 (18.6) | 0.040 | | HbA1c, mean (SD) | 5.9 ± 1.8 | 7.1 ± 2.2 | 0.006 | | Cholesterol in mmol/L, mean (SD) | 4.9 ± 0.8 | 4.7 ± 1.1 | 0.480 | | Triglyceride in mmol/L, mean (SD) | 1.4 ± 0.8 | 1.9 ± 1.5 | 0.161 | | HDL in mmol/L, mean (SD) | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 0.857 | | LDL in mmol/L, mean (SD) | 3.4 ± 1.8 | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 0.096 | | With health education visit, value (%) | 14 (20.3) | 31 (36.0) | 0.034 | | With patient on antihypertensive drugs | 19 (27.5) | 31 (36.0) | 0.100 | | With patient on antilipid drugs | 26 (37.7) | 39 (45.3) | 0.413 | | With patient on antiplatelet | 14 (20.3) | 24 (27.9) | 0.348 |
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Combination of four drugs: metformin + sulphonylure + actos + insulin.
Diabetic complications: neuropathy + retinopathy + stroke + IHD + proteinuria. IHD: ischmic hear disease.
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