Table 4 Variables found to be independently associated with all-cause mortality: results of multivariable logistic regression (all variables controlled for each other)

Patient compliance (physicians' assessment)

- very good or rather good

1^Reference

- rather bad

0.78 (0.38–1.61)

0.50

- very bad

2.67 (1.02–6.97)

0.04

Patient type

- Patients presenting at office

1^Reference

- Nursing home or visited patients

3.92 (1.85–8.30)

0.0004

Gender

- Male

1^Reference

- Female

0.34 (0.17–0.67)

0.002

Age (years)

- 40 – 59

1^Reference

- 60 – 69

4.79 (0.59–38.67)

0.14

- 70 – 79

7.98 (1.01–63.16)

0.05

- 80 +

20.46 (2.47–169.45)

0.005

Macrovascular complications

- no

1^Reference

- yes

3.17 (1.57–6.39)

0.001