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Table 3 Semi parametric estimate of socio-demographic and clinical variables that have a significant effect on DR

From: Semiparametric modelling of diabetic retinopathy among people with type II diabetes mellitus

Predictors

Levels

Df

\(\hat{\beta }\) (se)

\(p-value\)

AOR

95%CI

Intercept

 

1

-4.30 (0.83)

\(<0.0001\)

  

Gender

Male

1

1.27 (0.58)

\(0.0280^*\)

3.5

[1.14, 11.09]

Hypertension

yes

1

3.66 (0.70)

\(<0.0001\)

38.9

[9.85, 153.23]

IT

yes

1

1.84 (0.63)

\(0.0040^*\)

6.2

[1.81, 13.84]

FCV

every 3 month

1

2.17 (0.73)

\(0.0020^*\)

8.7

[2.13, 35.9]

 

every 6 month

1

1.91 (0.72)

\(0.0080^*\)

6.7

[1.63, 27.41]

Nonlinear Terms

      

\(f_{gender}(age)\)

Female

3.2

 

\(0.0357^*\)

  

\(f_{gender}(age)\)

Male

1.0

 

0.2386

  

f(DD)

 

2.7

 

\(0.0059^*\)

  

\(f_{gender}(CL)\)

Female

3.6

 

\(0.0166^*\)

  

\(f_{gender}(CL)\)

Male

3.7

 

0.1321

  

f(HbA1c)

 

2.3

 

\(0.0020^*\)

  

f(FBG)

 

1.0

 

0.2784

  

f(HbA1c, FBG)

 

3.7

 

\(0.0500^*\)

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