Determinants of Diabetic Nephropathy among Diabetic Patients in General Public Hospitals of Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018/19

Table 4

Determinants of diabetic nephropathy among study participants on follow-up at public hospitals of Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Category	Controls (n = 672)	Cases (n = 168)	COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
Age	Mean (±SD)	45.18 (8.35)	62.12 (±13.45)	1.19 [1.16, 1.23]	1.14 [1.09, 1.19]
Duration	Mean (±SD)	6.05 (±2.69)	16.42 (±4.85)	1.86 [1.68, 2.06]	1.83 [1.62, 2.06]
Comorbidity	Yes	361 (53.7%)	132 (78.6%)	3.14 [2.12, 4.71]	4.96 [1.77, 13.87]
	No	311 (46.3%)	36 (21.4%)	1	1
Hypertension	Yes	113 (16.8%)	95 (56.5%)	6.44 [4.46, 9.28]	6.33 [2.51, 16.02]
	No	559 (83.2%)	73 (43.5%)	1	1
Adherence medication	Adherent	498 (74.1%)	102 (60.7%)	1	1
	Nonadherent	174 (25.9%)	66 (39.3%)	1.85 [1.29, 2.64]	3.31 [1.34, 8.15]
Adherence diet	Adherent	251 (37.4%)	35 (20.8%)	1	1
	Nonadherent	421 (62.6%)	133 (79.2%)	2.26 [1.51, 3.39]	5.96 [1.92, 18.54]
Adherence to exercise	Adherent	163 (24.3%)	53 (31.5%)		1
	Nonadherent	509 (75.7%)	115 (68.5%)		5.60 [1.94, 16.21]
Glycemic control	Good	324 (48.2%)	49 (29.2%)	1	1
	Poor	348 (51.8%)	119 (70.8%)	2.26 [1.57, 3.26]	3.27 [1.31, 8.21]

The determinants of diabetic nephropathy at value <0.005.