Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Male Gender Are Associated with Diabetes Occurrence in Patients with Beta-Thalassemia Major

Table 2

Multiple logistic regression analysis to test the association between covariates and the probability of developing alteration of glucose metabolism (IGT or overt diabetes).

Covariates	Beta	Standard error	Significance	ORs	95% CI for ORs
Age (years)	−0.018	0.039	0.641	0.982	(0.909–1.061)
Male gender	0.683	0.306	0.025	1.981	(1.088–3.605)
Chelation duration (years)	0.022	0.038	0.565	1.022	(0.949–1.101)
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.040	0.053	0.457	1.040	(0.937–1.154)
GAD65Ab > 95th perc	0.481	0.461	0.296	1.618	(0.656–3.993)
TPOAb+	1.215	0.457	0.008	3.369	(1.377–8.243)
Constant	−0.701	1.505	0.641	—	—