Variables Coefficient p-value Odds Ratio 95% CI for OR Age (yr) 0.08 <0.001 1.08 1.06 – 1.11 Gender             Female -0.89 <0.001 0.410 0.26 – 0.66     Male2 -   - - Height (cm) 0.03 0.032 1.03 1.00 – 1.06 Weight (kg) -0.004 0.548 1.00 0.98 – 1.01 Body mass index (kg/m2) -0.03 0.194 0.97 0.94 – 1.01 Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 0.03 <0.001 1.03 1.01 – 1.05 Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 0.01 0.548 1.01 0.98 – 1.03 Total cholesterol (mmol/L) -0.03 0.771 0.97 0.78 – 1.20 Triglyceride (mmol/L) 0.03 0.787 1.03 0.84 – 1.26 LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.02 0.864 1.02 0.79 – 1.32 HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) 0.20 0.640 1.23 0.53 – 2.85 HbA1c            ≥7 0.52 0.055 1.68 0.98 – 2.88    <7% -   - - Marital status   0.096         Single -1.61 0.156 0.20 0.02 – 1.85    Married 0.12 0.807 1.13 0.43 – 2.93     Divorced 0.92 0.232 2.50 0.56 – 11.25     Widowed2 - - - - Education               Illiterate 0.47 0.301 1.60 0.77 – 4.44       Primary school -0.01 0.988 0.99 0.44 – 3.14       Secondary school -0.23 0.959 0.97 0.41 – 2.98       University2 - - - - Occupation              Unemployed 1.88 0.001 6.53 2.24 – 19.10       Retired 1.80 <0.001 6.07 2.29 – 16.10      Housewife 0.88 0.056 2.42 0.98 – 5.97      Employed2 - - - - Smoking            Yes 0.54 0.233 1.71 0.723 – 4.04    No2 -   - - Duration of smoking (yr) 0.04 0.197 1.04 0.98 – 1.11 Duration of diabetes (yr) 0.11 <0.001 1.12 1.08 – 1.16 Family history of diabetes             Present -0.44 0.064 0.64 0.40 – 1.03     Absent2 -   - - Regularly visiting diabetes center             Yes -1.31 0.008 0.27 0.10 – 0.71     No2 -   - - Mode of diabetes diagnosis               Incidental 0.04 0.932 1.04 0.42 – 2.60       Screening -0.01 0.969 0.99 0.53 – 1.83       Symptomatic2 - - - - Treatment of diabetes              Oral hypoglycaemic agents -0.59 0.057 0.61 0.36 – 1.01      Insulin         Physical activity             Inactive 1.02 <0.001 2.76 1.73 – 4.42     Active 2 -   - - Body fat composition            Normal 0.59 0.018 1.80 1.11 – 2.93    Abnormal 2 -   - - Dyslipidemia             Controlled -0.06 0.861 0.94 0.48 – 1.86     Uncontrolled2 -   - - Estimated glomerular filtration rate             <60 1.14 <0.001 3.13 1.73 – 5.65     ≥ 602 -   - -           Albuminuria             Yes 1.14 <0.001 3.13 1.73 – 5.65      No2 -   - - Retinopathy           Yes 0.98 0.003 2.65 1.41 – 5.00    No2 -   - - 1 Caseness represented by MNSI-sign score ≥3 2 Reference category (ref.) OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval

Table 5: Simple logistic regression of MNSI-sign score vs. selected predictors.