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

Table 3

Factors associated with dietary adherence.

Study variables	Crude OR	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Education
No formal education	Ref
Formal education	2.6	1.4 (0.5-4.1)	0.454
Occupation
Non-income-generating work	Ref
Income-generating work	1.8	1.2 (0.4-3.2)	0.638
Type of family
Joint family	Ref
Single family	2.7	2.7 (1.0-7.4)	0.050
Sugar-sweetened beverage preference
Preference	Ref
No preference	2.6	2.0 (0.7-5.5)	0.136
Affordability to recommended diet
Not affordable	Ref
Affordable	5.1	2.9 (1.0-8.3)	0.042
Self-control on food
No self-control on food	Ref
Self-control on food	4.4	4.1 (1.2-14.1)	0.023
Physical activity
No	Ref
Yes	4.0	3.3 (1.2-9.2)	0.017
Medication adherence
Medication nonadherent	Ref
Medication adherent	4.9	3.5 (1.2-10.1)	0.021

Significant at . OR = odds ratio; Ref = reference category.