Knowledge and Demand for Information about Islet Transplantation in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 4

Factors related to knowledge about pancreatic islet transplantation (𝑁=137; logistic simple linear regression analysis).

Variable	Knew islet transplantation
	OR	[95%CI]
Gender (female versus male)	1.15	[0.59–2.25]
Age	0.99	[0.96–1.01]
Education (≥12 years versus <12 years)	2.45	[1.23–4.88]	*
Body mass index	0.92	[0.82–1.03]
Onset of diabetes (age)	0.99	[0.99–1.04]
Duration of diabetes (years)	1.00	[0.97–1.04]
Diabetic complication
Neuropathy	1.24	[0.58–2.64]
Retinopathy	0.73	[0.34–1.56]
Nephropathy	0.53	[0.18–1.52]
HbA1c	0.87	[0.66–1.16]
SMBG	1.26	[1.04–1.52]	*
Hypoglycemic episode (yes versus none)	4.66	[1.75–12.4]	**
Hypoglycemic episode (times)	0.78	[0.60–1.01]
Current treatment (CSII versus injection)	15.1	[1.90–119]	*

OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval *𝑃<0.05**𝑃<0.01 when OR is more than 1, it is assumed that patients knew about islet transplantation.