Table 1

Sociodemographic and economic profile of older adults in the LASI cohort, India

Background characteristics	Sample	%
Obese/overweight*
No	21 833	77.8
Yes	6217	22.2
High-risk waist circumference*
No	21 399	76.3
Yes	6651	23.7
High-risk waist to hip ratio*
No	6434	23
Yes	21 593	77
Physical activity status
Frequent	5651	18
Rare	4023	12.8
Never	21 790	69.3
Age (in years)
Young-old	18 410	58.5
Old-old	9501	30.2
Oldest-old	3553	11.3
Sex
Male	14 931	47.5
Female	16 533	52.6
Education
No education/primary not completed	21 380	68
Primary completed	3520	11.2
Secondary completed	4371	13.9
Higher and above	2191	7
Marital status
Currently married	19 391	61.6
Widowed	11 389	36.2
Others	684	2.2
Working status
Working	9680	30.8
Retired	13 470	42.8
Not working	8314	26.4
Tobacco consumption
No	18 964	60.3
Yes	12 500	39.7
Alcohol consumption
No	26 924	85.6
Yes	4540	14.4
MPCE quintile
Poorest	6829	21.7
Poorer	6831	21.7
Middle	6590	21
Richer	6038	19.2
Richest	5175	16.5
Religion
Hindu	25 871	82.2
Muslim	3548	11.3
Christian	900	2.9
Others	1145	3.6
Caste
Scheduled Caste	5949	18.9
Scheduled Tribe	2556	8.1
Other Backward Class	14 231	45.2
Others	8729	27.7
Place of residence
Rural	22 196	70.6
Urban	9268	29.5
Region
North	3960	12.6
Central	6593	21
East	7439	23.6
Northeast	935	3
West	5401	17.2
South	7136	22.7
Total	31 464	100

*The sample may differ as all older adults did not give consent for measurements.
LASI, Longitudinal Aging Study in India; MPCE, monthly per capita consumption expenditure.