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Table 3 Association of Income Quintile with Diabetes-related Clinical Parameters

From: Clinical and medication profiles stratified by household income in patients referred for diabetes care

Clinical Parameter

Income Quintile

B-coefficient – Unadjusted (p-value)

B-coefficient – Adjusted (p-value)*

HDL-C

1 (reference)

  
 

2

.0126 (0.798)

.015 (0.76)

 

3

.0625 (0.201)

.063 (0.20)

 

4

.0151 (0.757)

.021 (0.67)

 

5

.0756 (0.120)

.084 (0.09)

LDL-c

1 (reference)

  
 

2

-.0813 (0.222)

-.086 (0.193)

 

3

-.010 (0.885)

-.016 (0.805)

 

4

-.0391 (0.540)

-.044 (0.488)

 

5

-.022 (0.731)

-.025 (0.691)

HDL-c

1 (reference)

  
 

2

-.013 (0.52)

-.01 (0.6)

 

3

-.018 (0.35)

-.009 (0.64)

 

4

-.014 (0.46)

-.001 (0.95)

 

5

.031 (0.11)

.05 (0.008)

Triglycerides

1 (reference)

  
 

2

-.23 (0.40)

-.22 (0.43)

 

3

-.05 (0.86)

-.06 (0.84)

 

4

-.26 (0.34)

-.28 (0.31)

 

5

-.63 (0.019)

-.68 (0.011)

Microalbumin: Creatinine

1 (reference)

  
 

2

-8.56 0.058

-8.97 (0.047)

 

3

-2.88 0.540

-2.43 (0.602)

 

4

-7.58 0.097

-7.16 (0.116)

 

5

-6.99 0.122

-7.01 (0.119)

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, and therapy (HBA1C was adjusted for anti-hyperglycemic medication use, LDL-c, HDL-c and Triglycerides were adjusted for lipid-lowering therapy use and Microalbumin: creatinine was adjusted for anti-hypertensive medication use.)