Diabetic Complications among Adult Diabetic Patients of a Tertiary Hospital in Northeast Ethiopia

Table 5

Association of specific factors with presence of complications among diabetic patients in Dessie Referral Hospital, 2013 ().

Variables	Is there complication?			value
	Yes	No	Total
Age of patients
<30	25	28	53	0.048
31–45	29	22	51
>45	75	37	112
Sex
Male	75	50	125	0.517
Female	54	37	91
Type of diabetes
Type I	24	43	67	0.00
Type II	105	44	149
The regimen the patient is taking
Oral hypoglycemic agents	78	33	111	0.001
Insulin only	48	54	102
Oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin	2	1
Specific drugs
Glibenclamide	17	1	18	0.00
Metformin	29	2	31
Glibenclamide and metformin	39	23	62
NPH insulin	42	60	108
Metformin and NPH	2	1	3
Self-reported adherence
Good	36	30	66	0.303
Poor	93	57	150
Overall attitude scores
Good	65	47	216	0.35
Negative/bad	64	40	104
Overall knowledge scores
Good	61	47	108	0.203
Poor	68	40	108