Table 3.

Associations between Patient Characteristics and Better Adherence to Healthy Eating Recommendation by a Healthcare Provider Among U.S. Hispanic/Latino Adults (n = 476) from 2018.

		Sometimes			Regularly
Variables		OR (95% CI)	p value	AME (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	p value	AME (95% CI)
Age		1.02 (0.99–1.05)	0.312	0.002 (−0.001, 0.005)	1.02 (0.99–1.05)	0.186	0.001 (−0.001, 0.004)
Education
≤ High school or GED		ref			ref
Trade/technical school or 2-year college		2.82 (0.91–8.72)	0.072	0.110 (−0.001, 0.222)	3.02 (0.96–9.49)	0.059	0.123 (0.006, 0.239)
≥ 4-year college/university		1.32 (0.49–3.55)	0.584	0.027 (−0.107, 0.161)	1.86 (0.69–5.02)	0.222	0.086 (−0.036, 0.207)
Annual Household Income
< $10,000-$29,999		ref			ref
$30,000-$69,999		1.44 (0.56–3.70)	0.447	0.050 (−0.070, 0.171)	0.76 (0.29–1.99)	0.581	−0.037 (−0.142, 0.068)
$70,000-$100,000+		1.90 (0.57–6.31)	0.293	0.083 (−0.055, 0.222)	1.75 (0.53–5.74)	0.356	0.039 (−0.048, 0.126)
Self-report health
Poor		ref			ref
Fair		1.50 (0.34–6.62)	0.592	0.040 (−0.133, 0.214)	2.39 (0.49–11.72)	0.282	0.127 (−0.192, 0.446)
Good		1.89 (0.38–9.36)	0.435	0.054 (−0.130, 0.238)	3.93 (0.72–21.36)	0.113	0.176 (−0.146, 0.498)
Excellent		0.24 (0.03–2.11)	0.199	-0.351 (−0.798, 0.096)	3.82 (0.50–29.25)	0.197	0.172 (−0.161, 0.505)
Depressive symptoms		0.98 (0.92–1.04)	0.486	−0.002 (−0.009, 0.004)	0.97 (0.92–1.03)	0.363	−0.002 (−0.008, 0.003)
English Proficiency		1.11 (0.58–2.12)	0.745	0.007 (−0.062, 0.076)	1.09 (0.57–2.07)	0.805	0.004 (−0.055, 0.064)

Notes for multinomial logistic regression. ref = reference group; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; Nagelkerke’s R-squared = 0.141. ORs represented here are the odds of reporting ‘sometimes’ or ‘regularly’ compared to ‘not at all/rarely’ adhering to a healthcare provider healthy eating recommendation.