Research Article

Medication Adherence Mediates the Association between Type D Personality and High HbA1c Level in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study

Table 3

OLS and RIF regression analyses predicting HbA1c level at T2.

Step  1Step  2Step  3Step  1Step  2Step  3
OLS_1OLS_2OLS_3RIF 25thRIF 50thRIF 75th

Age0.004
(0.008)(0.004)(0.004)(0.007)(0.005)(0.008)
Gender0.1560.080
(0.183)(0.087)(0.086)(0.123)(0.104)(0.177)
Education0.095
(0.144)(0.064)(0.062)(0.097)(0.079)(0.129)
Marital status0.022
(0.084)(0.038)(0.037)(0.055)(0.045)(0.083)
Personal income last year0.016
(0.010)(0.005)(0.004)(0.005)(0.006)(0.010)
Reimbursement ratio of treatment costs
(0.004)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.002)(0.004)
Duration0.009
(0.009)(0.009)(0.015)(0.011)(0.017)
Complications0.0110.010
(0.027)(0.026)(0.038)(0.033)(0.052)
Medical cost of diabetes0.037
(0.023)(0.022)(0.035)(0.040)(0.033)
Family history0.0710.1180.208
(0.083)(0.082)(0.127)(0.102)(0.171)
BMI0.011
(0.013)(0.013)(0.021)(0.017)(0.026)
Baseline HbA1c value
(0.021)(0.020)(0.026)(0.026)(0.042)
Sleep time per day0.0050.037
(0.025)(0.026)(0.040)(0.034)(0.045)
Exercise time per week0.0120.0130.027
(0.017)(0.017)(0.027)(0.022)(0.037)
Drinking alcohol0.054
(0.095)(0.094)(0.140)(0.114)(0.199)
Type D personality
(0.094)(0.135)(0.118)(0.204)
_cons0.042
(0.725)(0.477)(0.469)(0.661)(0.529)(0.929)

Adjust-0.0920.8370.8440.2980.3720.530
0.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.000

Note: standard errors in parentheses; , , and .