Importance of serum phosphate in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for predicting diabetes mellitus manifestations

Variables in model	P value	Odds ratio	Confidence interval
Age (yr)	0.003	1.07	1.02-1.13
Gender (male/female)	0.04	0.30	0.09–0.99
BMI (kg/m2)	0.02	1.11	1.01–1.22
Hypertension (yes/no)	0.4	1.58	0.4–5.9
Smoking (yes/no)	0.08	3.7	0.8–17.02
Calcium (mg/dL)	0.2	1.6	0.7–3.7
P (mg/dL)	0.9	1.05	0.4–2.4

DM: Diabetes mellitus; BMI: Body mass index; P: Phosphate.