Proportion of wives and husbands undergoing therapy for hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia or any of these diseases, among 86 941 married couples
| No (%) of wives and husband | P value* | ||||
| Diseases | Both | Wives only | Husbands only | Neither | |
| Hypertension | 5979 (6.9) | 9182 (10.6) | 14 149 (16.3) | 57 631 (66.3) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 776 (0.9) | 3566 (4.1) | 8173 (9.4) | 74 426 (85.6) | <0.001 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 1449 (1.7) | 6971 (8.0) | 4801 (5.5) | 73 720 (84.8) | <0.001 |
| Any of three diseases | 11 186 (12.9) | 11 188 (12.9) | 17 058 (19.6) | 47 509 (54.7) | <0.001 |
*χ2 test was used to compare the proportion of wives and husbands undergoing therapy for the target diseases.