Factors Associated with Poor Glycemic and Lipid Levels in Ambulatory Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Patients in Asmara, Eritrea: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Adjusted logistic regression analysis of factors associated with control of specific lipid analytes in DM patients at Halibet Referal Hospital, in Asmara, Eritrea ().
Variables
mg/dL COR (95% CI)
mg/dL COR (95% CI)
mg/dL COR (95% CI)
mg/dL COR (95% CI)
mg/dL COR (95% CI)
COR (95% CI)
Sex
Male
1
1
1
1
1
1
Female
1.79 (0.96–3.4)
1.79 (0.94–0.34)
4.5 (2.0–10.14)
1.72 (0.79–3.75)
0.97 (0.45-2.08)
0.51 (0.25-1.03)
value
0.07
0.08
0.001
0.09
0.928
0.060
Age of patient
1.01 (0.96-1.03)
1.01 (0.99-1.04)
0.99 (0.96-1.03)
0.99 (0.96-1.02)
1.01 (0.98-1.04)
0.99 (0.96-1.02)
value
0.46
0.39
0.727
0.479
0.47
0.973
Education
Tertiary
1
1
1
1
1
1
Illiterate
0.83 (0.31-2.24)
0.86 (0.32-2.4)
0.46 (0.15-1.46)
1.3 (0.47-3.6)
1.3 (0.38-4.5)
0.97 (0.42-3.8)
Primary
0.77 (0.34-1.73)
0.84 (0.40-1.78)
0.55 (0.23-1.33)
1.2 (0.55-2.53)
0.64 (0.30-1.54)
0.85 (0.38-1.9)
High school
0.103 (0.49-2.21)
0.75 (0.35-1.60)
0.34 (0.23-0.87)
1.08 (0.5-2.33)
0.96 (0.39-2.3)
1.22 (0.55-2.72)
Duration of disease
0.95 (0.92-0.99)
0.98 (0.95-1.02)
1.01 (0.97-1.06)
0.996 (0.96-1.04)
0.94 (0.91-0.98)
1.01 (0.96-1.06)
value
0.007
0.37
0.605
0.846
0.004
0.722
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)
1.00 (0.99–1.01)
0.99 (0.91–1.0)
1.00 (0.99–1.00)
0.995 (0.99–1.00)
0.99 (0.90-1.001)
1.004 (0.9–1.013)
value
0.981
0.27
0.862
0.074
0.079
0.326
BMI
1.05 (0.96-1.14)
1.08 (1.0-1.18)
1.01 (0.92-1.12)
0.99 (0.92-1.08)
1.19 (0.94-1.45)
1.02 (0.882–1.17)
value
0.29
0.139
0.851
0.892
0.076
0.828
Hypertension
Present
1
1
1
1
1
1
Not present
0.6 (0.35–1.03)
0.56 (0.35-1.02)
1.74 (0.97-3.15)
0.95 (0.56-1.59)
1.94 (1.06-3.5)
1.59 (0.82-3.09)
value
0.06
0.059
0.065
0.829
0.031
1.69
FPG
1.001 (0.99-1.02)
1.0 (0.99-1.003)
1.00 (0.99-1.01)
0.998 (0.995-1.0)
1.008 (0.998-1.016)
1.01 (1.00-1.01)
value
0.652
0.764
0.807
0.19
0.324
0.033
Physical exercising
Yes
1
1
1
1
1
1
No
1.07 (0.66-1.75)
1.04 (0.64-1.70)
1.13 (0.64-1.99)
1.03 (0.63-1.69)
1.17 (0.66-2.08)
1.05 (0.56-1.196)
value
0.78
0.787
0.668
0.898
0.596
0.889
Alcohol
Yes
1
1
1
1
1
1
No
1.06 (0.56-2.00)
1.5 (0.79-3.00)
0.80 (0.36-1.76)
1.09 (0.57-2.12)
1.16 (0.56-2.42)
0.797 (0.35-1.83)
value
0.97
0.201
0.582
0.790
0.690
0.59
Dieting
No
1
1
1
1
1
1
Yes
0.92 (0.5-1.8)
1.14 (0.57-2.30)
1.15 (0.52-2.56)
0.67 (0.32-1.37)
1.16 (0.46-2.4)
0.82 (0.32-2.12)
value
0.796
0.712
0.728
0.267
0.920
0.683
WC
0.99 (0.96-1.04)
0.96 (0.95-1.02)
1.0 (0.96-1.03)
1.03 (1.0-1.07)
0.598 (0.861-0.995)
1.04 (1.0-1.10)
value
0.960
0.39
0.855
0.058
0.598
0.0231
BMI: body mass index; eGFR: estimated glomerular infiltration rate; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; LDL: low-density lipoproteins; TG: triacylglycerol; HDL: high-density lipoproteins; WC: waist circumference. Bold values or : value < 0.005.
