Variables Coefficient p-value Odds Ratio 95%CI for OR Age (yr) 0.02 0.229 1.02 0.99 – 1.05 Gender             Female 0.32 0.374 1.38 0.67 – 2.85     Male (ref.) -   - - Height (cm) -0.016 0.436 0.98 0.94 – 1.03 Weight (kg) 0.01 0.311 1.01 0.99 – 1.03 Body mass index (kg/cm2) 0.05 0.042 1.06 1.00 – 1.11 Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 0.01 0.296 1.01 0.99 – 1.03 Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) -0.01 0.767 1.00 0.96 – 1.03 Total cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.17 0.271 1.18 0.88 – 1.58 Triglyceride (mmol/L) 0.12 0.359 1.13 0.88 – 1.45 LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.05 0.799 1.05 0.73 – 1.50 HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.42 0.492 1.52 0.47 – 4.88 HbA1c                   ≥7% 1.03 0.014 2.79 1.13 – 6.85         <7%2 -   - - Education   0.306           Illiterate 0.40 0.527 1.50 0.43 – 5.23       Primary school -0.26 0.731 0.77 0.17 – 3.43       Secondary school -0.32 0.673 0.73 0.16 – 3.23       University2 - - - - Occupation   0.753          Unemployed 0.12 0.882 1.13 0.24 – 5.35      Retired 0.57 0.366 1.77 0.51 – 6.06      Housewife 0.46 0.411 1.59 0.53 – 4.76      Employed2 - - - - Smoking               Yes -0.27 0.717 0.77 0.17 – 3.39       No2 -   - - Duration of smoking 0.03 0.556 1.03 0.93 – 1.15 Duration of diabetes (yr) 0.06 0.006 1.06 1.02 – 1.10 Family history of diabetes              Present 0.16 0.654 1.17 0.59 – 2.32      Absent2 -   - - Regularly visit of diabetes center             Yes -0.51 0.457 0.60 0.17 – 2.16     No2 -   - - Mode of diabetes diagnosis   0.989        Incidental 0.04 0.995 1.00 0.27 – 3.69   Screening -0.06 0.901 0.95 0.40 – 2.27   Symptomatic2 - - - - Treatment of diabetes           Oral hypoglycaemic agents -0.84 0.017 0.43 0.22 – 0.85   Insulin2 - - - - Physical activity             Inactive 1.85 <0.001 6.36 2.94 – 13.78    Active2 -   - - Body fat composition            Normal -0.93 0.024 0.40 0.17 – 0.94    Abnormal2     - - Dyslipidemia             Controlled -0.004 0.994 1.00 0.37 – 2.70     Uncontrolled2 -   - - Estimated glomerular filtration rate             <60 0.594 0.193 1.81 0.77 – 4.29     ≥ 602 -   - - Albuminuria             Yes 0.59 0.193 1.81 0.77 – 4.29      No2 -   - - Retinopathy             Yes 0.53 0.265 1.69 0.70 – 4.13     No2 -   - - 1 Caseness represented by a MNSI-history score ≥ 7 2 Reference category (ref.) OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval

Table 3: Simple logistic regression of MNSI-history score vs. selected predictors.