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Table 2 Behavioral characteristics of diabetic patients who follow at Jimma University medical center, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Determinants of diabetic retinopathy in Southwest Ethiopia: a facility-based case-control study

Variable

Category

Cases

(n = 106)

Controls

(n = 205)

COR(95% CI)

P-Value

Adherence to exercise

Yes

No

59 (55.6%)

47 (44.4%)

130 (63.4%)

75 (36.6%)

1

1.38 (0.85,2.22)

0.185

Alcoholic history

Yes

No

16 (15%)

90 (85%)

10 (4.8%)

195 (95.2%)

3.46 (1.51,7.93)

1

0.003

Smoking history

Yes

No

5 (4.7%)

101 (95.3%)

2 (0.9%)

203 (99.1%)

5.02 (0.95,26.35)

1

0.056

Adherence to medication

Yes

No

41 (38.6%)

65 (61.4%)

113 (55.1%)

92 (44.9%)

1

1.94 (1.20,3.14)

0.006

Adherence to meal

Yes

No

38 (35.8%)

68 (64.2%)

129 (62.9%)

76 (37.1%)

1

3.03 (1.86,4.94)

< 0.001

Adherence to blood glucose

Yes

No

62 (58.5%)

44 (41.5%)

166 (80.9%)

39 (19.1%)

1

3.02 (1.79,5.08)

< 0.001

  1. COR: Crude Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence Interval, 1: reference group