Predictive models and determinants of mortality among T2DM patients in a tertiary hospital in Ghana, how do machine learning techniques perform?

Table 2 Association of sociodemographic factors and family history of disease with mortality among T2DM in-patients seeking health care at the Ho Teaching Hospital

Variables	Mortality Outcome		Chi-square p-value	cOR(95%CI)	p-value
Variables	Alive	Dead	Chi-square p-value	cOR(95%CI)	p-value
Age*	58.44 ± 14.62	59.95 ± 14.97	0.557	1.00(0.98–1.03)	0.555
Sex
Male	124(85.52)	21(14.48)	0.103	Ref
Female	167(91.26)	16(8.74)		0.54(0.28–1.13)	0.106
Marital Status
Single	62(84.93)	11(15.07)	0.294	Ref
Married	200(90.50)	21(9.50)		0.59(0.27–1.30)	0.189
Widowed	23(82.14)	5(17.86)		1.23(0.38–3.91)	0.731
Divorced	6(100.00)	0(0.00)		-
Location
Urban	164(88.17)	22(11.83)	0.587	Ref
Rural	127(90.07)	14(9.93)		0.78(0.39–1.59)	0.502
Occupation
Unemployed	43(87.76)	6(12.24)	0.894	Ref
Informal	154(88.51)	20(11.49)		0.93(0.35–2.46)	0.885
Formal	49(87.50)	7(12.50)		1.02(0.32–3.28)	0.968
Retired	45(91.84)	4(8.16)		0.64(0.17–2.41)	0.507
Educational Level
None	38(84.44)	7(15.56)	0.163	Ref
Primary	120(90.91)	12(9.09)		0.54(0.20–1.48)	0.232
Secondary	52(94.55)	3(5.45)		0.31(0.08–1.29)	0.108
Tertiary	81(84.38)	15(15.63)		1.01(0.38–2.67)	0.992
Family history^	Total = 291	Total = 37
Diabetes	48(16.49)	6(16.22)	0.966	0.98(0.39–2.48)	0.966
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD)	60(20.62)	7(18.92)	0.809	0.90(0.38–2.14)	0.809
Asthma	4(1.37)	1(2.70)	0.452	2.00(0.22–18.32)	0.542
CVD & Diabetes	29(9.97)	5(13.51)	0.505	1.41(0.51–3.91)	0.507
CVD, Diabetes & Asthma	0(0.00)	1(2.70)	0.113	-
Lifestyle History^	Total = 291	Total = 37
Current Alcoholic	58(19.93)	7(18.92)	0.884	0.94(0.39–2.24)	0.884
Current Smoker	16(5.50)	4(10.81)	0.203	2.08(0.66–6.60)	0.212

^ Proportions are calculated column-wise. * presented as mean ± SD. P-value significant at < 0.05

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