Influence of social determinants, diabetes knowledge, health behaviors, and glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: an analysis from real-world evidence

Table 3 Association Among Diabetes Knowledge and Self-Care Activities on Microvascular Complications in low-income patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Mexico City (n=513).

	Retinopathy		Nephropathy		Neuropathy		Any surrogate for microvascular damage
Variable	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
Variable	95%CI	p-value	95%CI	p-value	95%CI	p-value	95%CI	p-value
Knowledge in diabetes	-0.06	0.324	-0.01	0.837	-0.02	0.638	-0.02	0.755
Knowledge in diabetes	(-0.17, 0.06)	0.324	(-0.09, 0.07)	0.837	(-0.10, 0.06)	0.638	(-0.14, 0.10)	0.755
Diet
Specific	0.07	0.073	0.00	0.911	-0.06	0.050	0.00	0.957
Specific	(-0.01, 0.14)	0.073	(-0.06, 0.05)	0.911	(-012. 0.00)	0.050	(-0.08, 0.74)	0.957
Global	0.05	0.075	0.04	0.095	-0.06	0.017	0.01	0.744
Global	(-0.01, 0.11)	0.075	(-0.01, 0.08)	0.095	(-0.10, -0.01)	0.017	(-0.06, 0.08)	0.744
Total	0.04	0.038	0.01	0.373	-0.05	0.005	0.00	0.860
Total	(0.01, 0.08)	0.038	(-0.02, 0.05)	0.373	(-0.08, -0.02)	0.005	(-0.04, 0.05)	0.860
Physical activity	-0.05	0.399	0.01	0.883	-0.10	0.012	-0.19	0.009
Physical activity	(-0.16, 0.06)	0.399	(-0.07, 0.08)	0.883	(-0.19, -0.02)	0.012	(-0.33, -0.05)	0.009
Blood sugar testing	-0.01	0.851	0.00	0.989	-0.15	< 0.001	-0.12	0.082
Blood sugar testing	(-0.09, 0.10)	0.851	(-0.08, 0.08)	0.989	(-0.23, -0.07)	< 0.001	(-0.26, 0.02)	0.082
Foot care (score)	-0.01	0.815	0.00	0.970	-0.04	0.226	-0.05	0.277
Foot care (score)	(-0.09, 0.07)	0.815	(-0.06, 0.06)	0.970	(-0.10, 0.02)	0.226	(-0.14, 0.04)	0.277
Self-care global score**	0.02	0.210	0.01	0.249	-0.03	0.001	-0.06	0.263
Self-care global score**	(-0.01, 0.04)	0.210	(-0.01, 0.03)	0.249	(-0.05, -0.01)	0.001	(-0.18, 0.05)	0.263

*Socioeconomic status score included as continuous variable. Models adjusted by age (continuous), gender (categorical) and years of disease (continuous). 95% CI: 95% Confidence interval.

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