Table 1 Significant lifestyle and dietary factors used in the univariate analysis. The univariate analysis was carried out to rule out the factors that are deemed to be important to be further analyzed using the multivariate analysis. The odds ratio between the diabetic patients and healthy controls was compared. The 95% CI value was obtained between the cases and the control with a significant value of p (< 0.05)

Gender

1.024

0.799–1.313

0.8493

Age (> 45 diabetic vs > 45 years control )

0.0893

0.0426–0.1871

< 0.0001

Education (diabetic vs control)

1.113

0.833–2.141

1.4235

Income (diabetic vs control)

1.089

0.801–1.475

0.9578

Cigarette consumption

0.7465

0.5940–0.9382

< 0.0122

Alcohol consumption

0.0117

0.0016–0.0844

< 0.0001

Paan consumption

0.0571

0.0348–0.0939

< 0.0001

Sahdah consumption

1.8776

1.5139–2.3286

< 0.0001

Tuibur consumption

2.0130

1.3908–2.9137

0.0002

Sa-um consumption

2.2667

1.7115–3.0019

< 0.0001

Meat consumption

0.4115

0.3344–0.5064

< 0.0001

Smoked meat consumption

0.0695

0.0499–0.0970

< 0.0001

Salt consumption

0.2882

0.2309–0.3597

< 0.0001