Table 3

The association of sex, duration of disease and quality of diabetes control with diabetic neuropathy (result of multivariate analysis, logistic regression)

Variable
β
P-value
Odds ratio

Sex (male/female)
1.56
0.04
2.9
Duration of disease
5.1
0.005
1.1
Quality of diabetes control (fair/bad)
-2.2
<0.001
0.2
Quality of diabetes control (good/bad)
-1.2
0.04
0.3
Constant
-0.54
0.29
1.7

Booya et al. BMC Neurology 2005 5:24   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-5-24