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Table 5 Factors associated with a favourable management outcome (at 3 months) among patients admitted for Integrated Naturopathy and Yoga management to the Manthena Sathyanarayana Raju Arogyalayam (MSRA) hospital, Andhra Pradesh, India, May-August, 2014

From: Is adjunctive naturopathy associated with improved glycaemic control and a reduction in need for medications among type 2 Diabetes patients? A prospective cohort study from India

Category

Subcategory

Total

Favourable outcome n (%)

aOR (95 % CI)

p-value

Total

 

101

65

  

Age group (years)

<60

66

44 (67)

1.0

 

≥60

35

22 (63)

0.5 (0.1–1.7)

0.29

Sex

Male

55

40 (73)

1.0

 

Female

46

26 (57)

0.4 (0.1–1.4)

0.15

Education (years in school)

<12

50

30 (60)

0.9 (0.3–2.7)

0.87

≥12

51

36 (71)

1.0

 

Hypertension

No

61

37 (61)

1.0

 

Yes

40

29 (73)

1.5 (0.5–4.4)

0.50

Family income/annum

<4000 USD

52

32 (62)

1.0

 

≥4000 USD

49

34 (69)

1.4 (0.5–4.2)

0.52

Duration of diabetes (Years)

1–2

25

20 (80)

1.0

 

3–5

24

13 (54)

0.2 (0.1–1.2)

0.07

6–9

19

11 (58)

0.3 (0.1–1.7)

0.16

≥10

33

22 (67)

0.6 (0.1–4.4)

0.62

Diabetic medication

Oral

86

57 (66)

1.0

 

Insulin

15

9 (60)

0.9 (0.2–4.2)

0.94

BMI (kg/m2)

<25

23

15 (65)

1.5 (0.4–6.6)

0.62

25.0–29.9

43

30 (70)

1.8 (0.4–8.7)

0.45

30.0 and above

34

20 (59)

1.0

 

Duration of stay

15 days

81

53 (66)

1.0

 

30 days

20

13 (65)

0.8 (0.2–3.9)

0.81

Baseline HbA1c

<7 %

28

23 (82)

1.0

 

≥7 %

73

43 (59)

0.4 (0.1–1.4)

0.14

Compliance to advised dieta

Poor

19

7 (37)

1.0

 

Moderate

32

19 (59)

3.8 (0.7–20.6)

0.12

Excellent

49

40 (82)

16.5 (3.0–91.0)

0.001b

Compliance to Yogaa

Poor

27

16 (59)

1.0

 

Moderate

23

17 (74)

1.2 (0.2–7.0)

0.84

Excellent

50

33 (66)

0.5 (0.1–2.1)

0.32

  1. USD United States Dollars, BMI Body Mass Index, HbA 1c Glycosylated hemoglobin, aOR adjusted Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Intervals
  2. aPoor: score of 0–5; Moderate: score of 6–8; Excellent: score of 9–10
  3. bChi-square for linear trend = 12.1, P <0.001