Prevalence of depression among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross sectional study in Palestine

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Table 2 Multivariate analysis of factors associated with depression

Variables		β	S.E.	Wald	p-value	Odds ratio with 95% CI
Gender	Female					Reference
Gender	Male	-0.04	0.31	0.02	0.898	0.96 (0.52-1.77)
Education	Illiterate					Reference
	Elementary	-0.33	0.31	1.15	0.284	0.72 (0.39- 0.32)
	High school	-0.85	0.45	3.61	0.057	0.43 (0.18- 1.03)
	College	-1.42	0.52	7.57	0.006	0.24 (0.09-0.66)
Occupation	Yes					Reference
Occupation	No	1.02	0.42	6.05	0.014	2.78 (1.23-6.27)
Additional illness	≤ 1					Reference
Additional illness	≥ 2	0.59	0.28	4.55	0.033	1.81 (1.05-3.11)
BMI	< 25					Reference
	25 - < 30	0.50	0.52	0.92	0.336	1.65 (0.60-4.58)
	≥ 30	0.86	0.50	3.00	0.083	2.36 (0.90-6.23)
Medication adherence score	< 6					Reference
Medication adherence score	≥ 6	-1.17	0.27	14.17	0.001	0.31 (0.18- 0.53)

Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, β coefficient of predictor variables, BMI Body Mass Index, MMAS-8 Morisky Medication Adherence Scale–8 items, OR Odds Ratio.

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