Clinical factors associated with the recovery of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 4 Significant associated factors for the complete recovery of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in subjects with type 2 diabetes

	Complete recovery (n = 9)
	Univariate OR (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)^a	P value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)^b	P value
Baseline variables
Younger age (per 5-year decrease)	1.67 (1.26–2.20)	< 0.001	1.63 (1.07–2.49)	0.023	1.67 (1.26–2.23)	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (per 10 mg/dL decrease)	1.27 (0.97–1.67)	0.088	1.24 (0.96–1.61)	0.099
HbA1c (per 1% decrease)	0.97 (0.94–1.00)	0.065	1.54 (0.78–3.05)	0.212
Change in variables
Δ Change in oral anti-diabetes drug, yes	4.94 (1.02–23.94)	0.047	3.44 (0.65–18.07)	0.145
Δ Change in anti-hypertensive drug, yes	0.10 (0.02–0.52)	0.006	0.96 (0.84–10.91)	0.971

^aOnly factors with P < 0.10 on univariate logistic regression were presented and included in the multivariate logistic regression
^bOdd ratios were analyzed by a forward–backward stepwise selection process

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