Research Article

Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with PAD among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses, Debre Tabor, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

VariablePADOR (95% CI)
Yes ()No ()CORAOR

Age (year)C1.11 (1.06-1.15)1.09 (1.03-1.16)
Sex
 Male57 (33.1)115 (66.9)1.35 (0.80-2.30)
 Female29 (26.9)79 (73.1)1
Residence
 Urban63 (31.9)134 (68.1)1.23 (0.70-2.16)
 Rural23 (27.7)60 (72.3)11
Educational status
 Cannot read and write24 (24.7)73 (75.3)0.84 (0.43-1.65)1.27 (0.56-2.95)
 Read and write18 (31.6)39 (68.4)1.17 (0.56-2.47)1.12 (0.46-2.73)
 Elementary (1-8)22 (45.8)26 (54.2)2.15 (1.02-4.57)1.39 (0.54-3.62)
 High school and above22 (28.2)56 (71.8)1
Occupation
 Farmer12 (27.3)32 (72.7)1
 Government employee29 (31.1)64 (68.8)1.2 (0.55-2.68)
 Merchant26 (36.1)46 (63.9)1.50 (0.66-3.42)
 Housewife17 (27.4)45 (72.6)1.00 (0.42-2.40)
 Other2 (77.8)7 (22.2)0.76 (0.14-4.20)
DM duration
22 (18.5)97 (81.5)1
 10-1951 (36.2)90 (63.8)2.50 (1.40-4.45)
 ≥2013 (65.0)7 (35.0)8.18 (2.92-22.90)
BMI (kg/m2)
 Normal12 (66.7)6 (33.3)1
 Overweight55 (26.8)150 (73.2)0.10 (0.03-0.33)0.64 (0.17-2.41)
 Obese19 (33.3)38 (66.7)10.36 (0.10-1.27)1.50 (0.34-6.70)
Type of antidiabetic drug in use
 OH49 (22.8)166 (77.2)0.39 (0.16-0.98)0.37 (0.13-1.11)
 Both OH and insulin28 (63.6)16 (36.4)2.33 (0.81-6.74)0.98 (0.26-3.66)
 Insulin9 (42.9)12 (57.1)1
HbA1c (%)C2.04 (1.48-2.83)1.97 (1.03-3.40)
Cigarette smoking
 Nonsmoker49 (22.3)171 (77.7)1
 Ex-smoker23 (59.0)16 (41.0)5.02 (2.46-10.23)4.68 (1.93-11.30)
 Current smoker14 (66.7)7 (33.3)6.98 (2.67-18.25)5.84 (1.79-19.04)
History of HTN self-reported
 Yes46 (31.5)100 (68.5)1.08 (0.65-1.79)
 No40 (29.9)94 (70.1)1
Current hypertension/high BP
 Yes64 (40)96 (60)2.96 (1.69-5.20)1.91 (0.88-4.15)
 No22 (18.3)98 (81.7)1

Statistically significant ( value < 0.05). Statistically highly significant ( value < 0.01). AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; COR: crude odds ratio. CContinuous.