Diabetes mellitus and associated factors among HIV-positive patients at primary health care facilities in Harare, Zimbabwe: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Table 2 Simple and multiple logistic regression models for DM/HIV co-morbidity

Independent variables	COR	p-value	AOR	p-value
Residence
Rural	1		1
Urban	5.8 [2.1, 16.3]	0.00	5.5 [1.9, 15.7]	0.05*
Gender
Female	1		1
Male	0.4 [0.2, 0.7]	0.05*	0.4 [0.2, 0.9]	0.05*
Age
≤ 35	1		1
> 35	0.6 [0.3, 1.1]	0.12	0.1 [0.1, 0.3]	0.05*
Education
Secondary and lower	1		1
Higher education	2.2 [1.3, 3.6]	0.05*	8.6 [3.2, 23.0]	0.05*
Marital status
Married	1		1
Unmarried	3.2 [1.6, 6.3]	0.05*	5 [3.2, 7.8]	0.05*
Religion
Non-Christianity	1		1
Christianity	2.3 [0.9, 5.9]	0.09	1.1 [0.3, 4.0]	0.96
Employment status
Unemployed	1		1
Self-employed	3.9 [1.9, 8.0]	0.05*	6.4 [2.9, 13.9]	0.05*
Formally employed	0.8 [0.3, 2.4]	0.50	0.6 [0.2, 2.2]	0.05*
Smoking
No	1		1
Yes	0.3 [0.1, 0.7]	0.01*	0.02 [0.006, 0.1]	0.05*
Alcohol
No	1		1
Yes	0.5 [0.3, 0.8]	0.01*	2.0 [0.9, 4.8]	0.05*
Fruits & Vegetables
No	1		1
Yes	1.2 [0.6, 2.5]	0.61	0.5 [0.2, 1.1]	0.05*
Fried & Fast food
No	1		1
Yes	1.0 [0.5, 1.8]	0.89	0.6 [0.3, 1.5]	0.30
Exercise
No	1		1
Yes	0.3 [0.1, 0.6]	0.05*	0.3 [0.1, 0.9]	0.05*
BMI
Non-obese	1		1
Obese	0.3 [0.1, 0.9]	0.02*	0.7 [0.2, 2.7]	0.62
Duration on HAART	1.1 [1.0, 1.2]	0.05*	1.1 [1.0, 1.3]	0.05*
Hypertensive
Non- Hypertensive	1		1
Hypertensive	3.2 [1.9, 5.5]	0.05*	8.4 [3.5, 20.6]	0.05*
Constant	-	-	0.01 [0.001, 0.009]	0.00

Ref reference category, CI Confidence Interval, COR Crude Odds Ratios, AOR Adjusted Odd Ratios
^*statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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