Research Article

Prevalence of Chronic Complications, Their Risk Factors, and the Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending the Diabetic Clinic at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis showing risk factors which were significantly associated with chronic complications.

ComplicationRisk factorOdds ratio (95% confidence interval) value

Microvascular diseaseAge (<60 yrs versus >60)1.92 (1.41–2.73)0.001
Duration of diabetes (<10 yrs versus >10 yrs)2.14 (1.58–2.88)0.001
HbA1c (<7% versus >7%)1.37 (1.01–1.87)0.04

Macrovascular diseaseAge (<60 yrs versus >60)1.82 (1.36–2.44)0.001

Diabetic footAge (<60 yrs versus >60)2.07 (1.13–3.80)0.01
Duration of diabetes (<10 yrs versus >10 yrs)1.96 (1.05–3.65)0.03
HbA1c (<7% versus >7%)2.20 (1.00–4.83)0.04