Table 2 The determinant of self-care behavior and disease knowledge score in study subjects.

From: The interaction between self-care behavior and disease knowledge on the decline in renal function in chronic kidney disease

 

Self-care behavior score

Disease knowledge score

Univariate

Multivariate (forward)

Univariate

Multivariate (forward)

β (95%Cl)

p-value

β (95%Cl)

p-value

β (95%Cl)

p-value

β (95%Cl)

p-value

Clinical characteristics

Age (year)

0.16 (0.09, 0.23)

 < 0.001

0.19 (0.11, 0.27)

 < 0.001

− 0.14 (− 0.18, − 0.09)

 < 0.001

− 0.12 (− 0.16, − 0.08)

 < 0.001

Sex (male, %)

− 0.49 (− 2.30, 1.31)

0.6

− 0.61 (− 1.70, 0.40)

0.2

Smoking (yes, %)

− 2.20 (− 4.35, − 0.05)

0.04

− 0.99 (− 2.24, 0.26)

0.1

Alcohol consumption (yes, %)

− 0.78 (− 3.73, 2.15)

0.6

0.47 (− 1.23, 2.19)

0.6

Marital status (yes, %)

2.81 (0.71, 4.91)

0.009

1.20 (− 0.03, 2.43)

0.06

Currently working (yes, %)

− 3.53 (− 5.49, − 1.57)

 < 0.001

− 3.97 (− 6.39, − 1.55)

0.001

2.46 (1.33, 3.59)

 < 0.001

Independent finances (no,%)

− 2.11 (− 3.92, − 0.28)

0.02

− 3.26 (− 5.22, − 1.31)

0.001

− 2.63 (− 3.67, − 1.59)

 < 0.001

Education (high school or above, %)

1.65 (− 0.14, 3.44)

0.07

4.22 (3.25, 5.19)

 < 0.001

2.65 (1.69, 3.60)

 < 0.001

Hypertension (yes, %)

1.87 (− 0.57, 4.32)

0.1

0.01 (− 1.42, 1.73)

0.9

Diabetes mellitus (yes, %)

− 1.62 (− 3.45, 0.22)

0.08

− 2.09 (− 3.15, − 1.03)

 < 0.001

Heart disease (yes, %)

1.18 (− 1.09, 3.45)

0.3

− 1.16 (− 2.48, 0.16)

0.09

Body mass index (kg/m2)

− 0.37 (− 0.58, − 0.16)

 < 0.001

− 0.15 (− 0.26, − 0.02)

0.02

Health education times

0.13 (0.04, 0.21)

0.004

0.09 (0.04, 0.14)

 < 0.001

CKD duration (year)

0.08 (− 0.04, 0.19)

0.2

0.17 (0.10, 0.23)

 < 0.001

0.13 (0.07, 0.19)

 < 0.001

Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)

0.01 (− 0.03, 0.05)

0.6

0.01 (− 0.01, 0.04)

0.3

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

− 0.04 (− 0.08, 0.00)

0.07

0.00 (− 0.02, 0.02)

0.8

Log-formed glycated hemoglobin

− 0.17 (− 2.61, − 0.77)

 < 0.001

− 1.13 (− 2.00, − 0.26)

0.01

− 1.24 (− 1.77, 0.71)

 < 0.001

− 0.64 (− 1.11, − 0.17)

0.008

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

− 0.44 (− 0.89, 0.00)

0.05

0.13 (− 0.13, 0.39)

0.3

Albumin (g/dl)

1.27 (− 1.21, 3.74)

0.3

1.51 (0.08, 2.95)

0.04

Uric acid (mg/dl)

− 0.42 (− 0.99, 0.15)

0.1

− 0.12 (− 0.45, 0.22)

0.5

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

− 0.01 (− 0.03, 0.01)

0.5

0.01 (− 0.00, 0.02)

0.1

Log-formed triglyceride

− 5.05 (− 8.84, − 1.26)

0.009

− 1.63 (− 3.85, 0.58)

0.2

Log-formed urine protein/creatinine ratio

− 0.67 (− 2.23, 0.90)

0.4

− 0.54 (− 1.45, 0.37)

0.3

Self-care behavior

0.15 (0.10, 0.20)

 < 0.001

0.15 (0.10, 0.20)

 < 0.001

Disease knowledge

0.43 (0.28, 0.59)

 < 0.001

0.51 (0.35, 0.66)

 < 0.001

  
  1. CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.