Factors Associated with Long-Term Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Self-care behavior’s adherence and HbA1c.

Variable	Categories	(%)	HbA1c (%)
Following a meal plan	Low adherence	(80.6%)	9.0	0.001
	High adherence	(19.4%)	7.3
Taking medications	Low adherence	(30.9%)	9.2	0.001
	High adherence	(69.1%)	8.2
Exercising	Low adherence	(42%)	8.8	0.310
	High adherence	(58%)	8.6
Testing blood glucose	Low adherence	(50.7%)	8.9	0.301
	High adherence	(49.3%)	8.6
Following a meal plan and taking medication	Low adherence	(27.8%)	9.4	0.001
	High adherence	(16.3%)	7.0
Following a meal plan and exercising regularly	Low adherence	(36.5%)	9.0	0.001
	High adherence	(13.9%)	7.4
Following a meal plan, taking medication, exercising, testing blood glucose	Low adherence	(12.8%)	10.1	0.001
	High adherence	(9%)	6.9
Number of medications	<4	(47.2%)	9.5	0.001
	≤4	(52.8%)	7.4
Treatment modalities	Oral antidiabetic agents alone	(79.5%)	8.7	0.740
	Oral antidiabetic agents and insulin	(20.5%)	8.7
Medication and treatment modalities	Low medication adherence	(9%)	9.5	0.001
	Oral antidiabetic agents with insulin	(20.8%)	9.2
	Low medication adherence—oral antidiabetic agents alone	(58.7%)	8.2
	High medication adherence—oral antidiabetic agents alone	(11.5%)	8.1
	High medication adherence—oral antidiabetic agents with insulin