Adherence to Dietary Recommendation and Its Associated Factors among People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study in Nepal

Table 2

Distribution of participants by disease-related, dietary factors, medication adherence, and anthropometric-related characteristics.

Disease-related conditions	Number	Percentage
Disease duration
≤5 years	117	57.4
>5 years	87	42.6
(in years)
Type of treatment
Oral hypoglycemic drug	182	89.2
Oral hypoglycemic drug and insulin	22	10.8
Comorbidity
Yes	112	54.9
No	92	45.1
Family history of diabetes
No	152	74.5
Yes	52	25.5
Diet-related variables
Sugar-sweetened beverage preference
No preference	107	52.5
Preference	97	47.5
Affordability to healthy diet
Affordable	105	51.5
Not affordable	99	48.5
Self-control on diet
Self-control on food	133	65.2
No self-control on food	71	34.8
Place of food intake
Home	198	97.1
Outside home	6	2.9
Anthropometric
BMI
18.5-24.9 (normal)	80	39.2
25-29.9 (overweight)	91	44.6
30-34.9 (obese I)	27	13.2
35-39.9 (obese II)	6	3
Waist circumference for male
	56	63.64
	32	36.36
Waist circumference for female
	77	66.38
	39	33.62
Waist-hip ratio for male
>0.90	80	90.91
≤0.90	8	9.09
Waist-hip ratio for female
>0.80	105	90.52
≤0.80	11	9.48
Medication adherence
Adherent	106	52.0
Nonadherent	98	48.0
Dietary adherence
Good adherence	32	15.7
Low adherence	172	84.3