Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| Total (n = 197) |
Diet | Exercise | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compliant (n = 116) |
Noncompliant (n = 81) |
a P value | Compliant (n = 107) |
Noncompliant (n = 90) |
b P value | ||
| Age, Mean ± SD | 54.7 ± 11.3 | 55.3 ± 11.4 | 53.8 ± 11.3 | 0.340∗ | 54.1 ± 11.3 | 55.3 ± 11.5 | 0.459∗ |
| Sex, n (%) | |||||||
| Male | 111 (56.3) | 67 (60.4) | 44 (39.6) | 0.632 | 59 (53.2) | 52 (46.8) | 0.71 |
| Female | 86 (43.7) | 49 (57.0) | 37 (43.0) | 48 (55.8) | 38 (44.2) | ||
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||||||
| Upper caste groups | 79 (40.1) | 46 (58.2) | 33 (41.8) | 0.093 | 47 (59.5) | 32 (40.5) | 0.103 |
| Janajati | 101 (51.3) | 64 (63.4) | 37 (36.6) | 48 (47.5) | 53 (52.5) | ||
| Dalit and minorities | 17 (8.6) | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 12 (70.6) | 5 (29.4) | ||
| Education, n (%) | |||||||
| Illiterate | 49 (24.9) | 31 (63.3) | 18 (36.7) | 0.511 | 27 (55.1) | 22 (44.9) | 0.546 |
| Formal | 109 (55.3) | 65 (59.6) | 44 (40.4) | 56 (51.4) | 53 (48.6) | ||
| University | 39 (19.8) | 20 (51.3) | 19 (48.7) | 24 (61.5) | 15 (38.5) | ||
| Occupation, n (%) | |||||||
| Retired | 23 (11.7) | 17 (73.9) | 6 (26.1) | 0.222 | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 0.762 |
| Professional | 24 (12.2) | 11 (45.8) | 13 (54.2) | 15 (62.5) | 9 (37.5) | ||
| Agricultural | 33 (16.8) | 17 (51.5) | 16 (48.5) | 15 (45.5) | 18 (54.5) | ||
| Business | 55 (27.9) | 36 (65.5) | 19 (34.5) | 31 (56.4) | 24 (43.6) | ||
| Home Maker | 62 (31.5) | 35 (56.5) | 27 (43.5) | 33 (53.2) | 29 (46.8) | ||
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||||
| Married | 197 (100.0) | 116 (58.9) | 81 (41.1) | 107 (54.3) | 90 (45.7) | ||
| Family type, n (%) | |||||||
| Nuclear | 100 (50.8) | 58 (58.0) | 42 (42.0) | 0.798 | 60 (60.0) | 40 (40.0) | 0.104 |
| Joint | 97 (49.2) | 58 (59.8) | 39 (40.2) | 47 (48.5) | 50 (51.5) | ||
| Family size, mean ± SD | 5.5 ± 2.5 | 5.4 ± 2.5 | 5.7 ± 2.4 | 0.436∗ | 5.5 ± 2.3 | 5.6 ± 2.7 | 0.840∗ |
| Family income ($), mean ± SD | 360.2 ± 212.1 | 369.6 ± 231.8 | 346.8 ± 181.0 | 0.460∗ | 387.0 ± 228.4 | 328.3 ± 187.3 | 0.053∗ |
| Residence, n (%) | |||||||
| Urban | 170 (86.3) | 101 (59.4) | 69 (40.6) | 0.705 | 95 (55.9) | 75 (44.1) | 0.268 |
| Rural | 27 (13.7) | 15 (55.6) | 12 (44.4) | 12 (44.4) | 15 (55.6) | ||
| Smoking, n (%) | |||||||
| Yes | 46 (23.4) | 18 (39.1) | 28 (60.9) | 0.003 | 25 (54.3) | 21 (45.7) | 0.527 |
| No | 128 (65) | 86 (67.2) | 42 (32.8) | 72 (56.3) | 56 (43.8) | ||
| Previously | 23 (11.7) | 12 (52.2) | 11 (47.8) | 10 (43.5) | 13 (56.5) | ||
| Alcohol intake, n (%) | |||||||
| Yes | 76 (38.6) | 35 (46.1) | 41 (53.9) | 0.013 | 42 (55.3) | 34 (44.7) | 0.116 |
| No | 100 (50.8) | 68 (68.0) | 32 (32.0) | 58 (58.0) | 42 (42.0) | ||
| Previously | 21 (10.7) | 13 (61.9) | 8 (38.1) | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) | ||
∗Independent t-test for mean differences between compliant and noncompliant groups. All others are Chi-square tests. aGroup difference between compliant and noncompliant to dietary advice. bGroup difference between compliant and noncompliant to exercise advice.