The efficacy of single pharmacist medication review among type II diabetic patients who take six chronic medications or more: a case–control study

Table 5 Crude and adjusted ORs for decrease of HbA1c level among diabetic patients

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR* (95% CI)	p-value
Pharmacist consultation	1.10 (0.90; 1.40)	0.091	1.22 (1.00; 1.50)	0.046
Age (per 1 additional year)	0.91 (0.90; 0.91)	0.048	1.01 (0.90; 1.00)	0.781
Gender (Female/Male)	1.34 (0.90; 1.70)	0.063	1.16 (0.92; 1.35)	0.089
SES (per 1 additional number)	0.92 (0.90; 0.94)	0.034	1.01 (0.96; 1.04)	0.403
Hypertension (Yes/No)	0.81 (0.52; 1.11)	0.222	0.84 (0.62; 1.21)	0.585
Dyslipidemia (Yes/No)	0.73 (0.41; 1.18)	0.314	0.82 (0.54; 1.03)	0.121
Total number of medications (per 1 additional medication)	0.90 (0.87; 0.93)	0.014	0.96 (0.89; 1.03)	0.164

SES, Socioeconomic status
*Adjusted for age, gender, SES, total number of medications and chronic diseases (DM, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia)

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