Predictors for the Longevity of People with Diabetes in Buno Bedele and Illubabor Zones, South-west Ethiopia

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Table 1 Descriptive Statistical Analysis

Variables	Category	n	%
Sex	Male	206	46.4
	Female	238	53.6
Marital status	Living with partner	173	39
	Living with partner	271	61
Residence area	Rural	148	33.3
	Urban	296	66.7
Diabetes mellitus	Type 1	156	35.1
	Type 2	288	64.9
Longevity	Cured	61	13.7
	Censored/under risk treatment	383	86.3
Complication	Yes	159	35.8
	No	285	64.2
Treatment type	Sulfonylurea	70	15.8
	Metformin	102	23.0
	Sulfonylurea and Metformin	99	22.3
	Insulin therapy	104	23.4
	Sulfonylurea and insulin therapy	69	15.5
Blood Pressure	Yes	186	41.9
	No	258	58.1

Table 2 The Long Rank Test Result

Variables	Categories	Mean (SD) Estimate	p-value
Sex	Female	50.848 (5.23)	0.653
	Male	60.038 (2.36)
Marital status	Married	50.404 (1.29)	0.001
	Separated	58.977 (2.31)
	Never married	62.501 (3.41)
Residence	Rural	39.199 (2.35)	0.010
	Urban	57.551 (2.41)
Diabetes mellitus type	Type 1	62.842 (4.21)	0.001
	Type 2	57.742 (2.91)
Treatment type	Sulfonylurea	52.566 (3.18)	0.029
	Metformin	58.167 (1.45)
	Sulfonylurea and Metformin	50.474 (2.41)
	Insulin therapy	61.839 (2.35)
	Sulfonylurea and insulin therapy	57.492 (3.17)
Complication status	Yes	60.440 (3.26)	0.013
	No	56.147 (2.18)
Hypertensive status	Yes	56.889 (3.27)	0.001
	No	41.640 (2.62)

Table 3 Multivariable Analysis of Cox Proportional Hazard Model

Covariates	P-value	AHR	95.0% CI
			Lower	Upper
Age	0.001	1.0550	1.0250	1.0860
Sex (Ref.=Male)
Female	0.0480	0.2200	0.0390	0.5290
Residence (Ref.=Urban)
Rural	0.001	0.2210	0.1000	0.4890
Marital status (Ref.=Unmarried)
Married	0.6410	0.7780	0.2700	2.2410
Separated	0.6680	0.7470	0.1970	2.8330
DM type (Ref. =Type two)
Type one	0.3280	0.5330	0.1510	1.8780
Fasting blood sugar	0.5480	0.9990	0.9970	1.0020
Complication (Ref.=no)
Yes	0.001	1.2040	1.0930	1.4460
Blood Pressure (Ref.=no)
Yes	0.0180	1.2480	1.1390	1.5999
Treatment type (Ref.= Sulfonylurea and insulin therapy (Ref))
Sulfonylurea	0.0120	4.9970	1.4140	17.6550
Metformin	0.3480	1.7680	0.5380	5.8050
Sulfonylurea and Metformin	0.0030	5.7200	1.7780	2.3990
Insulin therapy	0.6560	1.3160	0.3920	4.4160

Abbreviations: Ref, Reference category; AHR, Adjusted hazard rate.