Managing patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes after coronary events: individual tailoring needed - a cross-sectional study

Table 4 HbA1c regressed on study factors by multi-adjusted^a linear regression analysis

	Prediabetes or normal blood glucose (n = 840)			Type 2 diabetes (n = 243)
Study factors	b (standard error)	Standardized β		b (standard error)	Standardized β
Age at index event per year	0.006 (0.001)	0.157	p < 0.001
Ethnic minority background			NS	1.06 (0.370)	0.193	p = 0.005
Non-participation in cardiac rehabilitation	0.074 (0.027)	0.106	p = 0.005			NS
Waist circumference per 1.0 cm	0.003 (0.001)	0.131	p < 0.001			NS
Current smoking	0.157 (0.033)	0.177	p < 0.001			NS
Blood pressure ≥ 140/90 (80 in diabetes) mmHg	0.056 (0.027)	0.079	p = 0.037			NS
Low self-report drug adherence^b			NS	0.668 (0.265)	0.168	p = 0.012

NS not significant
Unstandardized (b) and standardized (β) regression coefficients. ^aAdjusted for all variables with p ≤ 0.10 retained in backward elimination linear regression analysis
^bScores: > 2 on the Morisky 8-item medication adherence questionnaire indicating low adherence

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