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Table 7 Characteristics of diabetic patients that are associated with practice scores related to prevention and early detection of chronic kidney disease in multiple linear regression

From: The relationship between diabetes-related knowledge and kidney disease knowledge, attitudes, and practices: a cross-sectional study

Variables a

Unstandardized

coefficients (B)

Standardized

coefficients (Beta)

P value b

95% Confidence

interval for B

Constant

21.226

 

< 0.001

15.414 to 27.038

Age category (years)

0.216

0.021

0.672

− 0.785 to 1.217

BMI category

-1.005

− 0.140

0.002

-1.644 to − 0.366

Residency c

0.802

0.100

0.034

0.061 to 1.544

Marital status c

0.331

0.054

0.248

− 0.232 to 0.893

Educational level c

0.876

0.165

0.003

0.294 to 1.459

Employment c

− 0.013

− 0.001

0.984

-1.229 to 1.204

Monthly income (NIS e )

0.721

0.096

0.109

− 0.162 to 1.604

Smoking

-1.806

− 0.172

< 0.001

-2.799 to − 0.813

Last HbA1c

-1.390

− 0.104

0.023

-2.587 to − 0.194

Knowledge score

0.220

0.196

< 0.001

0.107 to 0.334

Attitude score

0.093

0.099

0.042

0.003 to 0.183

MDKT test

0.217

0.115

0.027

0.025 to 0.409

R: 0.527; R Square: 0.278; Adjusted R Square: 0.254; Std. Error of the Estimate: 4.48175

  1. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index, NIS: new Israeli shekel, HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c, MDKT: Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test
  2. a Multiple linear regression was done on each factor with a p value < 0.05
  3. b cut-off level of significance was 0.05
  4. C dummy coding was used to represent nominal variables