Skip to main content
. 2016 Jun 30;19(18):3337–3348. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016001634

Table 5.

Factors associated with adherence to the major dietary patterns according to ethnicity among two Iranian ethnic groups living in Urmia, Iran

Azeri Turks Kurd
‘Traditional High SES’ ‘Transitional’ ‘Traditional Low SES’ ‘Traditional High SES’ ‘Transitional’ ‘Traditional Low SES’
B 95 % CI B 95 % CI B 95 % CI B 95 % CI B 95 % CI B 95 % CI
Age 0·21* 0·003, 0·02 −0·02** −0·03, −0·01 0·004 −0·00−0·01 0·01* 0·001, 0·02* −0·01** −0·02, −0·07 0·002 −0·010, 0·013
Gender
Female 0·26 −0·10, 0·51 −0·006 −0·26, 0·22 −0·69*** −0·96, −0·42 0·44* 0·10, 0·70 −0·27* −0·53, −0·02 −0·39** −0·65, −0·13
Male 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref.
Marital status
Married 0·08 −0·28, 0·45 −0·14 −0·42, 0·14 0·15 −0·16, 0·48 0·07 −0·29, 0·43 −0·54*** −0·83, −0·2 0·40** 0·11, 0·69
Single/divorced/widow 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref.
Household size −0·03 −0·13, 0·06 −0·04 −0·11, 0·03 0·004 −0·08, 0·09 −0·01 −0·07, 0·04 −0·01 −0·06, 0·03 −0· ·03 −0·07, 0·01
Number of children 0·03 −0·07, 0·13 0·01 −0·06, 0·09 −0·02 −0·11, 0·06 −0·05 −0·11, 0·008 −0·01 −0·06, 0·03 −0·01 −0·06, 0·03
Duration of residence 0·005 −0·002, 0·11 0·002 −0·002, 0·007 −0·002 −0·00, 0·09 −0·003 −0·12, 0·006 −0·005 −0·01, 0·002 0·00 −0·007, 0·007
Educational level
Illiterate and ≤5 years 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref.
6–12 years 0·30* 0·07, 0·55 0·04 −0·12, 0·21 −0·20* −0·40, −0·008 0·09 −0·62, 0·44 0·24** 0·000, 0·48 −0·017 −0·26, 0·23
University degree 0·41** 0·11, 0·71 −0·01 −0·24, 0·20 −0·29* −0·55, −0·04 −0·09 −0·21, 0·40 −0·11 −0·52, 0·29 −0·001 −0·40, 0·40
Job status
Unemployed, housewife 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref.
Job category 1 and 2 −0·13 −0·32, 0·44 0·44** 0·15, 0·73 −0·20 −0·47, 0·07 −0·16 −0·50, 0·18 0·01 −0·25, 0·28 −0·28 −0·69, 0·13
Job category 3 and 4 0·06 −045, 0·17 0·27* 0·03, 0·50 −0·22 −0·56, 0·10 −0·38 −0·92, 0·16 0·23 −0·17, 0·64 −0·08 −0·35, 0·18
SES
Low 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref.
Middle 0·09 −0·16, 0·35 −0·18* −0·35, −0·008 0·04 −0·18, 0·27 0·09 −0·11, 0·35 0·01 −0·19, 0·22 0·10 −0·10, 0·31
High 0·12 −0·14, 0·39 −0·22* −0·43, −0·01 −0·03 −0·26, 0·18 0·09 −0·20, −0·39 0·09 −0·14, 0·33 0·12 −0·11, 0·36
Total income/capita (Rials) 0·000 0·000, 0·001 0·000 0·000, 0·001 −1·21 0·00, 0·00 0·001 0·000, 0·001 2·10 −0·001, 0·001 −0·001** −0·002, 0·000
Total expenses/capita (Rials) 0·000 −0·001, 0·000 0·000 −0·001, 0·000 1·71 0·00, 0·00 0·000 −0·001, 0·001 0·00 −0·001, 0·001 −7·69 −0·001, 0·001
Food insecurity status
Secure 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref. 0·00 Ref.
Mild insecure −0·08 −0·31, 0·14 −0·18* −0·35, −0·008 0·31** 0·11, 0·51 −0·18 −0·49, 0·07 −0·32** −0·53, −0·11 0·24* 0·02, 0·45
Moderate and severe −0·25* −0·53, −0·02 −0·22* −0·04, −0·01 0·39** 0·14, 0·63 −0·30* −0·60, 0·003 −0·26* −0·48, −0·04 0·05 −0·16, 0·28

SES, socio-economic status; B, regression coefficient (a positive coefficient implies a higher adherence to the pattern); Ref., reference category.

Data were adjusted for all variables shown in the table (demographic, socio-economic, lifestyle variables) and energy intake (kJ/d).

Values were significantly different compared with the reference group of the listed variables: *P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.