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Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of Diabetic Retinopathy in 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)

Control

(n = 205)

COR (95%CI)

AOR(95% CI)

P-Value

Age

< 60 years

≥60 years

48 (45.3%)

58 (54.7%)

177 (86.3%)

28 (13.7%)

1

7.63 (4.39,13.27)

1

5.04 (1.83,13.87)

0.002

Education level

Illiterate

Literate

43 (40.6%)

63 (59.4%)

25 (12.2%)

180 (87.8%)

4.91 (2.77, 8.69)

1

7.17 (2.61,19.70)

1

< 0.001

Adherence to medication

Yes

No

41 (38.6%)

65 (61.4%)

113 (55.1%)

92 (44.9%)

1

1.94 (1.20,3.14)

1

3 (1.29,6.95)

0.01

Family history of DM

Yes

No

56 (52.8%)

50 (47.2%)

64 (31.2%)

141 (68.8%)

2.46 (1.52,3.99)

1

3.95 (1.64,9.54)

1

0.002

Other micro-vascular complications

Yes

No

51 (48.1%)

55 (51.9%)

20 (9.7%)

185 (90.3%)

8.57 (4.71,15.60)

1

3.76 (1.33,10.66)

1

0.013

Systolic blood pressure

<140mmhg

≥140mmhg

65 (61.3%)

41 (38.7%)

186 (90.7%)

19 (9.3%)

1

6.17 (3.34,11.39)

1

3.38 (1.26,9.05)

0.015

Glycaemic level (RBS)

Good

Poor

39 (36.8%)

67 (63.2%)

164 (80%)

41 (20%)

1

6.87 (4.07,11.58)

1

9.08 (3.70,22.29)

< 0.001

Serum Cholesterol level

Good

Poor

54 (56.2%)

42 (43.8%)

51 (27.1%)

137 (72.9%)

1

0.29 (0.17,0.48)

1

0.21 (0.08,0.514)

0.001

Haemoglobin level

< 11 mg/dl

≥11 mg/ml

34 (32.4%)

71 (67.6%)

18 (8.7%)

187 (91.3%)

4.97 (2.64,9.37)

1

2.8 (1.05,7.47)

1

0.038