Table 4 Relation of Gender, Educational level, Follow-up, BMI, and duration of the disease tofollowing the recommended diet

Gender

 Male

71

(81.6)

16

(18.4)

87

(100.0)

 Female

86

(74.8)

29

(25.2)

115

(100.0)

Educational Level

 Illiterate

54

(78.3)

15

(21.7)

69

(100.0)

 Primary School

37

(77.1)

11

(22.9)

48

(100.0)

 Intermediate School

19

(65.5)

10

(34.5)

29

(100.0)

 High school

9

(64.3)

5

(35.7)

14

(100.0)

 College&postgraduate

38

(90.5)

4

(9.5)

42

(100.0)

Visitingphysician for follow-up

 Less than four times a year

40

(67.8)

19

(32.2)

59

(100.0)

 Four times a year

44

(77.2)

13

(15.1)

57

(100.0)

 More than four times a year

73

(84.9)

13

(15.1)

86

(100.0)

BMI

 18 and less

0

(0.0)

1

(100.0)

1

(100.0)

 18.5 – 24.9

38

(86.4)

6

(13.6)

44

(100.0)

 25 – 29.9

83

(74.8)

28

(25.2)

111

(100.0)

 30 and more

36

(78.3)

10

(21.7)

46

(100.0)

Duration

 Less than a year

3

(42.9)

4

(57.1)

7

(100.0)

 1 – 5 years

55

(77.5)

16

(22.5)

71

(100.0)

 6 – 10 years

50

(75.8)

16

(24.2)

66

(100.0)

 11 – 15 years

33

(84.6)

6

(15.4)

39

(100.0)

 16 – 20 years

11

(78.6)

3

(21.4)

14

(100.0)

 21 – 25 years

3

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

3

(100.0)

 26 – 30 years

2

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(100.0)